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Micron-sized silica-PNIPAM core-shell microgels with tunable shell-to-core ratio

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arxiv 2206.14291 v2 pith:UI7OSTB6 submitted 2022-06-28 cond-mat.soft

Micron-sized silica-PNIPAM core-shell microgels with tunable shell-to-core ratio

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keywords microgelsmicron-sizedcore-shellratioshell-to-coreopticalassembliesavailable
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Micron-sized hard core-soft shell hybrid microgels are promising model systems for studies of soft matter as they enable in-situ optical investigations and their structures/morphologies can be engineered with a great variety. Yet, protocols that yield micron-sized core-shell microgels with a tailorable shell-to-core size ratio are rarely available. In this work, we report on the one-pot synthesis protocol for micron-sized silica-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) core-shell microgels that has excellent control over the shell-to-core ratio. Small-angle light scattering and microscopy of 2- and 3-dimensional assemblies of the synthesized microgels confirm that the produced microgels are monodisperse and suitable for optical investigation even at high packing fractions.

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