A new look at effective interactions between microgel particles

Maxime J. Bergman; Nicoletta Gnan; Marc Obiols-Rabasa; Janne-Mieke Meijer; Lorenzo Rovigatti; Emanuela Zaccarelli; Peter Schurtenberger

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07332-5

Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

A new look at effective interactions between microgel particles

Maxime J. Bergman,
Nicoletta Gnan,
Marc Obiols-Rabasa,
Janne-Mieke Meijer,
Lorenzo Rovigatti,
Emanuela Zaccarelli,
Peter Schurtenberger

Affiliations

Maxime J. Bergman: Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University
Nicoletta Gnan: CNR-ISC and Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome
Marc Obiols-Rabasa: Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University
Janne-Mieke Meijer: Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University
Lorenzo Rovigatti: CNR-ISC and Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome
Emanuela Zaccarelli: CNR-ISC and Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome
Peter Schurtenberger: Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07332-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Changing temperature of thermoresponsive microgels is typically used as a proxy for modifying volume fraction based on the assumption that doing so does not alter the interaction potential. Bergman et al. shows that this picture is oversimplified and microgels are better described by a multi-Hertzian model.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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