Accounting for Cooperativity in the Thermotropic Volume Phase Transition of Smart Microgels

A full quantitative description of the swelling of smart microgels is still problematic in many cases. The original approach of Flory and Huggins for the monomer–solvent interaction parameter <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline&quo...

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Main Authors: Simon Friesen, Yvonne Hannappel, Sergej Kakorin, Thomas Hellweg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Gels
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/7/2/42