Patent ID: 9005540
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A01N,A61L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hollow conjugated polyelectrolyte microcapsule comprising: at least one conjugated polyelectrolyte comprising a multiplicity of charged repeating units wherein the repeating units are of a first electrical charge type, and at least a portion of said charged repeating units are pi-conjugated; and at least one complementary polyelectrolyte comprising a plurality of charged repeating units having complementary charge to said first electrical charge type of wherein the said conjugated polyelectrolyte and said complementary polyelectrolyte associate as a microcapsule with a hollow core within said microcapsule, wherein said at least one conjugated polyelectrolyte and said at least one complementary polyelectrolyte each comprise one or more layers and wherein said microcapsule comprises a plurality of layers, and wherein each said layer comprising said complementary electrolyte comprises a counter ion of opposite charge to a counter ion of each said layer comprising said conjugated polyelectrolyte.