Nanogels and microgels are soft, deformable, and penetrable objects with an internal gel-
like structure that is swollen by the dispersing solvent. Their softness and the potential to …

A nanocarrier drug delivery system, effectively assisting to improve the solubility,
bioavailability, and targeting of drugs in the human body, is a crucial means for treating …

Microgels are solvent-swollen nano-and microparticles that show prevalent colloidal-like
behavior despite their polymeric nature. Here we study ultra-low crosslinked poly (N …

Solid–liquid interfaces play an important role for functional devices. Hence, a detailed
understanding of the interaction of soft matter objects with solid supports and of the often …

This review article is addressed to a broad community of polymer scientists. We outline and
analyse the fundamentals of the dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulation method from …

Surface-active polymers have important applications as effective and responsive emulsifiers,
foaming agents, and coatings. In this contribution, we explore the impact of the polymer …

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 …

Froth flotation has been a key chemical process extensively used in the recovery of heavy
metal ions (eg Cu 2+) from contaminated water, while often criticized by a secondary …

Thermoresponsive copolymer microgels based on the biocompatible monomer N-
vinylcaprolactam (VCL) and the hydrophobic comonomer 4-tert-butylcyclohexylacrylate …

Amphiphilic microgels adsorbed at an oil–water interface were studied by means of
dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations. The hydrophobic (A) and hydrophilic (B) …