Pathways and challenges towards a complete characterization of microgels

F Scheffold - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Due to their controlled size, sensitivity to external stimuli, and ease-of-use, microgel colloids
are unique building blocks for soft materials made by crosslinking polymers on the …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic and biopolymeric microgels: Review of similarities and difference in behaviour in bulk phases and at interfaces

DZ Akgonullu, BS Murray, SD Connell, Y Fang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review discusses the current knowledge of interfacial and bulk interactions of
biopolymeric microgels in relation to the well-established properties of synthetic microgels …

Microgels react to force: mechanical properties, syntheses, and force-activated functions

MF Schulte, E Izak-Nau, S Braun, A Pich… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Microgels are colloidal polymer networks with high molar mass and properties between rigid
particles, flexible macromolecules, and micellar aggregates. Their unique stimuli …

3D Super-Resolution Fluorescence Imaging of Microgels

O Nevskyi, D Wöll - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy techniques are powerful tools to investigate
polymer systems. In this review, we address how these techniques have been applied to …

Probing temperature responsivity of microgels and its interplay with a solid surface by super-resolution microscopy and numerical simulations

X Shaulli, R Rivas-Barbosa, MJ Bergman, C Zhang… - Acs Nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Super-resolution microscopy has become a powerful tool to investigate the internal structure
of complex colloidal and polymeric systems, such as microgels, at the nanometer scale. An …

Tuning the elasticity of nanogels improves their circulation time by evading immune cells

P Desai, R Rimal, A Florea, RA Gumerov… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy is used to treat solid tumors by locally delivering
radiation. However, due to nephro‐and hepato‐toxicity, it is limited by its dosage. To amplify …

Smart microgels as drug delivery vehicles for the natural drug aescin: Uptake, release and interactions

M Dirksen, C Dargel, L Meier, T Brändel… - Colloid and Polymer …, 2020 - Springer
In the present study, we show how acrylamide-based microgels can be employed for the
uptake and release of the drug β-aescin, a widely used natural product with a variety of …

100th anniversary of macromolecular science viewpoint: Enabling advances in fluorescence microscopy techniques

Z Qiang, M Wang - ACS Macro Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the past few decades there has been a revolution in the field of optical microscopy with
emerging capabilities such as super-resolution and single-molecule fluorescence …

Hollow, pH‐Sensitive Microgels as Nanocontainers for the Encapsulation of Proteins

SK Wypysek, SP Centeno, T Gronemann… - Macromolecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Depending on their architectural and chemical design, microgels can selectively take up and
release small molecules by changing the environmental properties, or capture and protect …

Controlled deformation of soft nanogel particles generates artificial biominerals with ordered internal structure

Y Dong, J Chi, Z Ren, B Xiong, Z Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biominerals can exhibit exceptional mechanical properties owing to their hierarchically‐
ordered organic/inorganic nanocomposite structure. However, synthetic routes to oriented …