Amphiphilic micro‐and nanogels: Combining properties from internal hydrogel networks, solid particles, and micellar aggregates

C Biglione, TMP Neumann‐Tran… - Journal of Polymer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric micro‐and nanogels are defined by their water‐swollen hydrophilic networks that
can often impart outstanding biocompatibility and high‐colloidal stability. Unfortunately, this …

Dissipative particle dynamics simulation: A review on investigating mesoscale properties of polymer systems

J Wang, Y Han, Z Xu, X Yang… - Macromolecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer systems have typical multiscale characteristics, both in space and time. The
mesoscopic properties of polymers are difficult to describe through traditional experimental …

Self-Assembly of soluplus in aqueous solutions: characterization and prospectives on perfume encapsulation

C Sofroniou, M Baglioni, M Mamusa… - … applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Soluplus is an amphiphilic graft copolymer intensively studied as a micellar solubilizer for
drugs. An extensive characterization of the nanostructure of its colloidal aggregates is still …

Microgels self-assembly at liquid/liquid interface as stabilizers of emulsion: Past, present & future

IN Arrebola, L Billon, G Aguirre - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The most recent developments on Pickering emulsions deal with the design of responsive
emulsions able to undergo fast destabilization under the effect of an external stimulus. In this …

Nanostructuring the Interior of Stimuli-Responsive Microgels by N-Vinylimidazoles Quaternized with Hydrophobic Alkyl Chains

T Belthle, DE Demco, A Pich - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
The functionality of stimuli-responsive microgels can be tailor-made by manipulating their
internal nanostructure induced by the chemical composition and morphology of the polymer …

Controlling microgel deformation via deposition method and surface functionalization of solid supports

LH Alvarez, AA Rudov, RA Gumerov… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Soft matter at solid–liquid interfaces plays an important role in multiple scientific disciplines
as well as in various technological fields. For microgels, representing highly interesting soft …

Stimuli-responsive aqueous microgels: Properties and applications

MV Anakhov, RA Gumerov, II Potemkin - Mendeleev Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
Water-soluble microgels have been known for over than three decades. Initially introduced
as thermoresponsive polymer colloids with tunable softness, these macromolecular objects …

Theoretical Study of Microgel Functional Groups' Mobility

AV Sergeev, VY Rudyak, EY Kozhunova… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer microgels, micrometer-sized cross-linked polymer particles, are considered to be a
promising type of advanced materials for a wide range of applications. To enhance the …

Structural heterogeneity effects on microgel deswelling and interfacial properties: An extensive computational study

X Song, S Wang, X Duan, H Liu, S Chen, T Long… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their structural heterogeneity, solvent-swollen microgels are endowed with a variety
of useful properties and important applications. However, a comprehensive understanding …

Self-assembly of gradient copolymers in a selective solvent. New structures and comparison with diblock and statistical copolymers

VS Kravchenko, V Abetz, II Potemkin - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
We perform comparative studies of self-assembly of equivalent statistical, diblock and
gradient AB copolymers in a selective solvent using dissipative particle dynamics …