Coacervation Microencapsulation of CaCO.docVIP

Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry, 2012, 2, 181-184 doi:10.4236/ampc.2012.24B047 Published Online December 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ampc) Coacervation Microencapsulation of CaCO Particles with a 3 Fluoropolymer by Pressure-Induced Phase Separation of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Solutions Kenji Mishima , Haruo Yokota , Takafumi Kato , Tadashi Suetsugu , Xiuqin Wei , 1* 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 Keiichi Irie Department of Chemical Engineering, Fukuoka University, Nanakuma Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, Japan , Kenichi Mishima , Michihiro Fujiwara 1 2 Department of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Fukuoka University, Nanakuma Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, Japan Department of Neuropharmacology, Fukuoka University, Nanakuma Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, Japan 3 Email: mishima@fukuoka-u.ac.jp Received 2012 ABSTRACT We report a method for the coacervation micro-encapsulation of several forms of CaCO microparticles with the fluoropolymer 3 poly(heptadecafluorodecyl acrylate) (poly (HDFDA)) by pressure-induced phase separation of a supercritical CO solution. A sus- 2 pension of CaCO in CO and dissolved poly(HDFDA) were mixed in supercritical CO . After the system pressure was slowly de- 3 2 2 creased to atmospheric pressure, the microcapsules were obtained. Coacervation was achieved by the precipitation of poly(HDFDA) during the decrease in the pressure of CO ; the solubility of poly(HDFDA) in CO decreased with the pressure. The structure and 2 2 morphology of the microparticles were investigated by using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and an electron probe micro- analyzer (EPMA) equipped with a wavelength dispersive X-ray spectroscope (WDX). Keywords: Component; Su