Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

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

  • A. Scotti,
  • S. Bochenek,
  • M. Brugnoni,
  • M. A. Fernandez-Rodriguez,
  • M. F. Schulte,
  • J. E. Houston,
  • A. P. H. Gelissen,
  • I. I. Potemkin,
  • L. Isa,
  • W. Richtering

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09227-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Microgels combine the properties of flexible polymers and colloids, but effects which influence the individual properties are less known. Here the authors show that the properties of a microgel can change from colloidal-like in three dimensions to a flexible polymer under a confined environment.