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Reduction of the amount of pesticides applied to agricultural land is essential for environmental conservation. It can be accomplished by immobilization of the pesticides in polymer supports, which prevents their volatilization, degradation and leaching losses, and provides controlled release of the chemicals. In the present study, acetamiprid, a novel pesticide, was encapsulated in PLA-based microspheres using the solvent evaporation method via oil-in-oil (O/O) emulsion. Silicon oil and an acetonitrile solution with dissolved synthetic polymer(s) and acetamiprid were used as an outer and inner oil phases, respectively. The entrapment efficiency of the pesticide in the case of PLA microspheres decreased with increasing the concentration of the pesticide in the inner oil phase. The amount of acetamiprid released from the microspheres was less than 18 %. On the other hand, incorporation of poly(-caprolactone) (PCL) into the PLA microspheres resulted in increased amount of releasable pesticide (approximately 89 %). These results indicate that the PCL/PLA microsphere is a promising immobilization support of the acetamiprid for practical application.
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Takei, T., Yoshida, M., Hatate, Y. et al. Preparation of polylactide/poly(ε-caprolactone) microspheres enclosing acetamiprid and evaluation of release behavior . Polym. Bull. 61, 391–397 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-008-0957-z
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