Saovaree TanpantreePakorn OpaprakasitSurapich LoykulnantWiyong KangwansupamonkonPramuan TangboriboonratMahidol UniversitySirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat UniversityThailand National Metal and Materials Technology CenterThailand National Science and Technology Development Agency2018-09-242018-09-242010-08-01Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Vol.117, No.3 (2010), 1798-180310974628002189952-s2.0-77952084801https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/28932To prepare medical gloves containing disinfectant agent, poly(methyl acrylate) (PMA) with M̄w of 550 K was synthesized via the iniferter technique and then used for encapsulating disinfectant agent, i.e., chlorhexidine digluconate (CHD), droplets. The CHD-PMA nanocapsules suspended in a sodium dodecyl sulfate aqueous solution having 93% encapsulation efficiency were successfully embedded between the outermost and inner layers of γ-radiation vulcanized natural rubber (RVNR) latex films by the coagulant dipping process. A RVNR/CHD-PMA nanocapsules/RVNR three-layer structure was revealed by the contact angle measurement, ATR-FTIR and SEM. Both the tensile strength and elongation at break of the three-layer film were also measured. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Mahidol UniversityChemistryMaterials ScienceArticleSCOPUS10.1002/app.32132