Issue 10, 2013
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Soft Matter

Hybrid raspberry microgels with tunable thermoresponsive behavior†

Jean-François Dechézelles,*a   Vikash Malik,‡a   Jérôme J. Crassousbc  and  Peter Schurtenbergerb  

* Corresponding authors

a Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Route de l'ancienne Papeterie CP 209, CH-1723 Marly, Switzerland
E-mail: jean-francois.dechezelles@unifr.ch

b Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden

c Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

Abstract

We report the synthesis of thermosensitive raspberry-like hybrid microgels. They consist of a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) core decorated with in situ formed silica particles. A linking silane agent was copolymerized to help the anchoring of silica particles formed by a controlled silica precursor addition onto the outer shell. The thermosensitive behaviour is tuneable by adjusting the size of the silica particles.

Graphical abstract: Hybrid raspberry microgels with tunable thermoresponsive behavior

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3SM27433K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Oct 2012
Accepted
16 Jan 2013
First published
31 Jan 2013

Soft Matter, 2013,9, 2798-2802

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Hybrid raspberry microgels with tunable thermoresponsive behavior

J. Dechézelles, V. Malik, J. J. Crassous and P. Schurtenberger, Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 2798 DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27433K

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