Oil-in-eutectic mixture HIPEs co-stabilized with surfactant and nanohydroxyapatite: ring-opening polymerization for nanocomposite scaffold synthesis

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Oct 10;55(82):12292-12295. doi: 10.1039/c9cc06292k.

Abstract

Mixtures of a nonionic surfactant and non-functionalized nanohydroxyapatite (NHA) enhanced the stability of oil-in-eutectic mixture high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs). Upon ring opening polymerization of the eutectic mixture composed of l-lactide and ε-caprolactone, biodegradable polyHIPEs with specific cavity sizes and selective interfacial functionalization with NHA are produced.