{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Kuk K"],"funding":["Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft"],"pagination":["516"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9407347"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["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(<i>N</i>-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."],"journal":["Gels (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Micron-Sized Silica-PNIPAM Core-Shell Microgels with Tunable Shell-To-Core Ratio."],"pmcid":["PMC9407347"],"funding_grant_id":["INST 208/749-1 FUGG; KA3880/6-1; INST 208/746-1 FUGG"],"pubmed_authors":["Croonenbrock C","Kuk K","Gregel L","Abgarjan V","Hansch S","Karg M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Micron-Sized Silica-PNIPAM Core-Shell Microgels with Tunable Shell-To-Core Ratio.","description":"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(<i>N</i>-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.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Aug","modification":"2025-04-18T15:48:24.363Z","creation":"2025-04-07T02:38:22.57Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9407347","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36005117"],"doi":["10.3390/gels8080516"]}}