Stimuli-Responsive Microgels and Microgel-Based Systems: Advances in the Exploitation of Microgel Colloidal Properties and Their Interfacial Activity [PDF]
Polymers, 2018 In this paper, recent developments in the chemical design of functional microgels are summarized. A wide range of available synthetic methods allows the incorporation of various reactive groups, charges, or biological markers inside the microgel network, thus controlling the deformation and swelling degree of the resulting smart microgels.
Garima Agrawal, Rahul Agrawal
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Shear-mediated sol-gel transition of regenerated silk allows the formation of Janus-like microgels
Scientific Reports, 2021 Microcapsules and microgels consisting of macromolecular networks have received increasing attention due to their biomedical and pharmaceutical applications.
Zenon Toprakcioglu, Tuomas P. J. Knowles
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Microgels for Efficient Protein Purification [PDF]
Advanced Materials, 2011 Peer ...
Mizrahi, Boaz +7 more
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A Light‐Driven Microgel Rotor [PDF]
Small, 2019 AbstractThe current understanding of motility through body shape deformation of micro‐organisms and the knowledge of fluid flows at the microscale provides ample examples for mimicry and design of soft microrobots. In this work, a 2D spiral is presented that is capable of rotating by non‐reciprocal curling deformations.
Zhang, Hang +4 more
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Responsive Hyaluronic Acid–Ethylacrylamide Microgels Fabricated Using Microfluidics Technique
Gels, 2022 Volume changes of responsive microgels can probe interactions between polyelectrolytes and species of opposite charges such as peptides and proteins.
Marcus Wanselius +4 more
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Functionalized Microgel Rods Interlinked into Soft Macroporous Structures for 3D Cell Culture
Advanced Science, 2022 In this work, a two component microgel assembly using soft anisometric microgels that interlink to create a 3D macroporous construct for cell growth is reported.
Dirk Rommel +9 more
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Stretching the Printability Metric in Direct‐Ink Writing with Highly Extensible Yield‐Stress Fluids
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This study introduces “drawability” as a new metric for assessing printability in direct‐ink writing, focusing on gap‐spanning performance and speed robustness. By designing yield‐stress fluids with high extensibility, we demonstrate that extensional strain‐to‐break significantly enhances printability.
Chaimongkol Saengow +9 more
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Chemically Fueled Systems Chemistry Across Length Scales
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Chemically fueled reaction cycles regulate processes through single and multiple catalytic sites on the molecular and assembly scale. This gives rise to unique kinetically controlled properties/functions like spatio‐temporal catalysis, oscillations, optical properties, and perform work.
Brigitte A. K. Kriebisch, Job Boekhoven
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Marine Gel Interactions with Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Pollutants
Gels, 2021 Microgels play critical roles in a variety of processes in the ocean, including element cycling, particle interactions, microbial ecology, food web dynamics, air–sea exchange, and pollutant distribution and transport.
Peter H. Santschi +6 more
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Mineral Deposition From Liquid Precursors Triggered by Complementary Polyelectrolytes
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Polyelectrolyte additives can delay or prevent crystal nucleation in supersaturated solutions of insoluble mineral salts such as calcium carbonate. This work reports that adding a second, oppositely‐charged polyelectrolyte leads to immediate mineral crystallization from such metastable solutions.
Mohammed Kayes Patoary +6 more
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