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 …

In situ imaging of the three-dimensional shape of soft responsive particles at fluid interfaces by atomic force microscopy

J Vialetto, SN Ramakrishna, L Isa - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
The reconfiguration of individual soft and deformable particles upon adsorption at a fluid
interface underpins many aspects of their dynamics and interactions, ultimately regulating …

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 …

Buckling and Interfacial Deformation of Fluorescent Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Microgel Capsules

F Hagemans, F Camerin, N Hazra, J Lammertz, F Dux… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hollow microgels are fascinating model systems at the crossover between polymer vesicles,
emulsions, and colloids as they deform, interpenetrate, and eventually shrink at higher …

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 …

Compression of colloidal monolayers at liquid interfaces: in situ vs. ex situ investigation

K Kuk, V Abgarjan, L Gregel, Y Zhou, VC Fadanelli… - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The assembly of colloidal particles at liquid/liquid or air/liquid interfaces is a versatile
procedure to create microstructured monolayers and study their behavior under …

Capillary-driven self-assembly of soft ellipsoidal microgels at the air–water interface

N Hazra, AA Rudov, J Midya, A Babenyshev… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The adsorption of ellipsoidal colloidal particles on liquid interfaces induces interfacial
deformation, resulting in anisotropic interface-mediated interactions and the formation of …

Beyond the Conventional Paradigm of Radial (Normal) Stretching of Tethered Chains. Do Theories of Micellization in Solutions of Block Copolymers Need to Be …

VS Kravchenko, IV Portnov, II Potemkin - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
We have studied conformations of a single tethered chain, chains in a planar brush, and
corona-forming blocks in diblock copolymer micelles using dissipative particle dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of a solid surface on pnipam microgel films

V Nigro, R Angelini, E Buratti, C Colantonio, R D'Amato… - Gels, 2024 - mdpi.com
Stimuli-responsive microgels have attracted great interest in recent years as building blocks
for fabricating smart surfaces with many technological applications. In particular, PNIPAM …