This focus review summarizes advances in the recently emerging field of phenolic film engineering for template-mediated microcapsule preparation. By depositing polyphenol films on sacrificial particulate templates and subsequently removing the templates, hollow microcapsules can be readily prepared. Due to the pH-responsive properties, negligible cytotoxicity and the bioactivities of the phenolic building blocks (dopamine and tannic acid), phenolic microcapsules are promising for biomedical applications.
- Hirotaka Ejima
- Joseph J Richardson
- Frank Caruso