Nanogels and microgels: From model colloids to applications, recent developments, and future trends

M Karg, A Pich, T Hellweg, T Hoare, LA Lyon… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
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 …

Pickering emulsions: Versatility of colloidal particles and recent applications

H Jiang, Y Sheng, T Ngai - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The versatility of colloidal particles endows the particle stabilized or Pickering emulsions
with unique features and can potentially enable the fabrication of a wide variety of derived …

Functional microgels and microgel systems

FA Plamper, W Richtering - Accounts of chemical research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Microgels are macromolecular networks swollen by the solvent in which they
are dissolved. They are unique systems that are distinctly different from common colloids …

Hydrogel: Diversity of structures and applications in food science

J Li, X Jia, L Yin - Food Reviews International, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Hydrogels are a series of soft and wet materials with three dimensions of crosslinked
networks. Hydrogels have attracted great attention due to their diverse functional properties …

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 …

In-situ study of the impact of temperature and architecture on the interfacial structure of microgels

S Bochenek, F Camerin, E Zaccarelli, A Maestro… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The structural characterization of microgels at interfaces is fundamental to understand both
their 2D phase behavior and their role as stabilizers that enable emulsions to be broken on …

Translating therapeutic microgels into clinical applications

Y Kittel, AJC Kuehne… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microgels are crosslinked, water‐swollen networks with a 10 nm to 100 µm diameter and
can be modified chemically or biologically to render them biocompatible for advanced …

Microgels adsorbed at liquid–liquid interfaces: A joint numerical and experimental study

F Camerin, MA Fernández-Rodríguez, L Rovigatti… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Soft particles display highly versatile properties with respect to hard colloids and even more
so at fluid–fluid interfaces. In particular, microgels, consisting of a cross-linked polymer …

Exploring the colloid-to-polymer transition for ultra-low crosslinked microgels from three to two dimensions

A Scotti, S Bochenek, M Brugnoni… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
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 …

Time-resolved structural evolution during the collapse of responsive hydrogels: The microgel-to-particle transition

R Keidel, A Ghavami, DM Lugo, G Lotze, O Virtanen… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Adaptive hydrogels, often termed smart materials, are macromolecules whose structure
adjusts to external stimuli. Responsive micro-and nanogels are particularly interesting …