Modeling Microgels with a Controlled Structure across the Volume Phase Transition
Ninarello, Andrea ; Crassous, Jérôme J. LU ; Paloli, Divya LU ; Camerin, Fabrizio ; Gnan, Nicoletta ; Rovigatti, Lorenzo ; Schurtenberger, Peter LU
and Zaccarelli, Emanuela
(2019)
In Macromolecules
52(20).
p.7584-7592
- Abstract
Thermoresponsive microgels are soft colloids that find widespread use as model systems for soft matter physics. Their complex internal architecture, made of a disordered and heterogeneous polymer network, has been so far a major challenge for computer simulations. In this work, we put forward a coarse-grained model of microgels whose structural properties are in quantitative agreement with results obtained with small-angle X-ray scattering experiments across a wide range of temperatures, encompassing the volume phase transition. These results bridge the gap between experiments and simulations of individual microgel particles, paving the way to theoretically address open questions about their bulk properties with unprecedented nano- and... (More)
Thermoresponsive microgels are soft colloids that find widespread use as model systems for soft matter physics. Their complex internal architecture, made of a disordered and heterogeneous polymer network, has been so far a major challenge for computer simulations. In this work, we put forward a coarse-grained model of microgels whose structural properties are in quantitative agreement with results obtained with small-angle X-ray scattering experiments across a wide range of temperatures, encompassing the volume phase transition. These results bridge the gap between experiments and simulations of individual microgel particles, paving the way to theoretically address open questions about their bulk properties with unprecedented nano- and microscale resolution.
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- author
- Ninarello, Andrea
; Crassous, Jérôme J.
LU
; Paloli, Divya
LU
; Camerin, Fabrizio
; Gnan, Nicoletta
; Rovigatti, Lorenzo
; Schurtenberger, Peter
LU
and Zaccarelli, Emanuela
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Macromolecules
- volume
- 52
- issue
- 20
- pages
- 9 pages
- publisher
- The American Chemical Society (ACS)
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85073241670
- pmid:31656322
- ISSN
- 0024-9297
- DOI
- 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01122
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 0b7b8d2e-039b-46df-bbc7-5986bae1e4bc
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- 2019-10-25 12:28:59
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author = {{Ninarello, Andrea and Crassous, Jérôme J. and Paloli, Divya and Camerin, Fabrizio and Gnan, Nicoletta and Rovigatti, Lorenzo and Schurtenberger, Peter and Zaccarelli, Emanuela}},
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title = {{Modeling Microgels with a Controlled Structure across the Volume Phase Transition}},
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