Smart Nanocontainers || Advanced spectroscopic technique for the study of nanocontainers: atomic force microscopy-infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR)

摘要： Over the years, advances in the synthesis of nanostructures have enabled the appearance of a large number of nanocontainers. The materials constructing nanocontainers cover a wide range of compounds including small molecules, polymers, micelles, dendrimers, mesoporous silica nanoparticles, layered double hydroxides, halloysite nanotubes, and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The structure of nanocontainers based on them has an inner compartment that can be used for storage or encapsulation of guests including anticancer drugs, corrosion inhibitors, and water-treating absorbents. Because of this special structure, nanocontainers are of great interests in applications such as drug delivery system, corrosion prevention, and environment protection. For example, when nanocontainers are used as drug delivery devices, they are of great advantages to characterize the drug/device properties using spectroscopic techniques including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy.