On the role of softness in ionic microgel interactions

Maxime J. Bergman, Sofi Nöjd, Priti S. Mohanty, Niels Boon, Jasper N. Immink, J. J. Erik Maris, Joakim Stenhammar and Peter Schurtenberger

Soft Matter, 2021, 17, 10063
DOI: 10.1039/D1SM01222C

SAXS-guided unbiased coarse-grained Monte Carlo simulation for identification of self-assembly nanostructures and dimensions

Silabrata Pahari, Shuhao Liu, Chi Ho Lee, Mustafa Akbulut and Joseph Sang-Il Kwon

Soft Matter, 2022, 18, 5282
DOI: 10.1039/D2SM00601D

Numerical modelling of non-ionic microgels: an overview

Lorenzo Rovigatti, Nicoletta Gnan, Letizia Tavagnacco, Angel J. Moreno and Emanuela Zaccarelli

Soft Matter, 2019, 15, 1108
DOI: 10.1039/C8SM02089B

Interface-induced hysteretic volume phase transition of microgels: simulation and experiment

Jannis Kolker, Johannes Harrer, Simone Ciarella, Marcel Rey, Maret Ickler, Liesbeth M. C. Janssen, Nicolas Vogel and Hartmut Löwen

Soft Matter, 2021, 17, 5581
DOI: 10.1039/D1SM00111F

Flow properties reveal the particle-to-polymer transition of ultra-low crosslinked microgels

Andrea Scotti, Monia Brugnoni, Carlos G. Lopez, Steffen Bochenek, Jérôme J. Crassous and Walter Richtering

Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 668
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM01451A

Numerical insights on ionic microgels: structure and swelling behaviour

Giovanni Del Monte, Andrea Ninarello, Fabrizio Camerin, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Nicoletta Gnan and Emanuela Zaccarelli

Soft Matter, 2019, 15, 8113
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM01253B

Volume transition effects on the correlations and effective interactions among highly charged microgels

L. A. Aguirre-Manzo and P. González-Mozuelos

Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 5081
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00486C

Understanding the monomer deuteration effect on the transition temperature of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgels in H2O

Thomas Nevolianis, Andrea Scotti, Alexander V. Petrunin, Walter Richtering and Kai Leonhard

Polym. Chem., 2023, 14, 1447
DOI: 10.1039/D2PY01511K

Structure of Responsive Microgels down to Ultralow Cross-Linkings

Nabanita Hazra, Andrea Ninarello, Andrea Scotti, Judith E. Houston, Pablo Mota-Santiago, Emanuela Zaccarelli and Jérôme J. Crassous

Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 339
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00766

Response of hydrogels and microgels to nanoparticle crowding

Mahesh Aryal and Alan R. Denton

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2026, 164
DOI: 10.1063/5.0312584

How Softness Matters in Soft Nanogels and Nanogel Assemblies

Andrea Scotti, M. Friederike Schulte, Carlos G. Lopez, Jérôme J. Crassous, Steffen Bochenek and Walter Richtering

Chem. Rev., 2022, 122, 11675
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00035

Self-Healing of Charged Microgels in Neutral and Charged Environments

Alexander V. Petrunin, Maximilian M. Schmidt, Ralf Schweins, Judith E. Houston and Andrea Scotti

Langmuir, 2023, 39, 7530
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c03054

Modeling Swelling of pH-Responsive Microgels: Theory and Simulations

Mariano E. Brito, Ellen Höpner, David Beyer and Christian Holm

Macromolecules, 2025, 58, 2494
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c03124

Capturing Structure and Morphology in Responsive Microgels: From Intrinsic Free Energy to Collective Behavior

Arturo Moncho-Jordá, Alejandro Cuetos, Miguel A. Fernandez-Rodriguez, Joachim Dzubiella and Alessandro Patti

Macromolecules, 2025, 58, 10659
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5c01988

The microscopic role of deformation in the dynamics of soft colloids

Nicoletta Gnan and Emanuela Zaccarelli

Nat. Phys., 2019, 15, 683
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-019-0480-1

Osmotic pressure of suspensions comprised of charged microgels

A. Scotti, M. Pelaez-Fernandez, U. Gasser and A. Fernandez-Nieves

Phys. Rev. E, 2021, 103
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.103.012609

Beyond simple self-healing: How anisotropic nanogels adapt their shape to their environment

Anne C. Nickel, Alan R. Denton, Judith E. Houston, Ralf Schweins, Tomàs S. Plivelic, Walter Richtering and Andrea Scotti

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022, 157
DOI: 10.1063/5.0119527

A review of coarse-grained simulations of nanogel and microgel particles

Alberto Martín-Molina and Manuel Quesada-Pérez

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2019, 280, 374
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.02.030

External field-driven property localization in liquids of responsive macromolecules

Arturo Moncho-Jordá, Sebastien Groh and Joachim Dzubiella

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024, 160
DOI: 10.1063/5.0177933

Density functional theory for responsive hard-sphere fluids

J. López-Molina, M. Tirado-Miranda, J. Dzubiella and A. Moncho-Jordá

Molecular Physics, 2024, 122
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2024.2410481

Osmotic swelling behavior of surface-charged ionic microgels

Mohammed O. Alziyadi and Alan R. Denton

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023, 159
DOI: 10.1063/5.0161027

Nonequilibrium relaxation of soft responsive colloids

José López-Molina, Sebastien Groh, Joachim Dzubiella and Arturo Moncho-Jordá

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024, 161
DOI: 10.1063/5.0221903

Numerical Study of Neutral and Charged Microgel Suspensions: From Single-Particle to Collective Behavior

Giovanni Del Monte and Emanuela Zaccarelli

Phys. Rev. X, 2024, 14
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.14.041067

Osmotic pressure and swelling behavior of ionic microcapsules

Mohammed O. Alziyadi and Alan R. Denton

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021, 155
DOI: 10.1063/5.0064282

Structure and dynamics of responsive colloids with dynamical polydispersity

Upayan Baul and Joachim Dzubiella

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2021, 33, 174002
DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/abdbaa

Modeling deswelling, thermodynamics, structure, and dynamics in ionic microgel suspensions

Mariano E. Brito, Alan R. Denton and Gerhard Nägele

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2019, 151
DOI: 10.1063/1.5129575

Osmotic pressure of permeable ionic microgels: Poisson-Boltzmann theory and exact statistical mechanical relations in the cell model

Alan R. Denton and Mohammed O. Alziyadi

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2019, 151
DOI: 10.1063/1.5091115

Changes in the Form Factor and Size Distribution of Nanogels in Crowded Environments

Tom Höfken, Christian Strauch, Stefanie Schneider and Andrea Scotti

Nano Lett., 2022, 22, 2412
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00120

Nanogels and Microgels: From Model Colloids to Applications, Recent Developments, and Future Trends

Matthias Karg, Andrij Pich, Thomas Hellweg, Todd Hoare, L. Andrew Lyon, J. J. Crassous, Daisuke Suzuki, Rustam A. Gumerov, Stefanie Schneider, Igor. I. Potemkin and Walter Richtering

Langmuir, 2019, 35, 6231
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b04304

Responsive hydrogel colloids: Structure, interactions, phase behavior, and equilibrium and nonequilibrium transitions of microgel dispersions

J. Brijitta and P. Schurtenberger

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2019, 40, 87
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2019.02.005

Structure and position-dependent properties of inhomogeneous suspensions of responsive colloids

Yi-Chen Lin, Benjamin Rotenberg and Joachim Dzubiella

Phys. Rev. E, 2020, 102
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.102.042602

Modeling microgel swelling: Influence of chain finite extensibility

Mariano E. Brito and Christian Holm

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024, 160
DOI: 10.1063/5.0205608

Deswelling of Microgels in Crowded Suspensions Depends on Cross-Link Density and Architecture

Andrea Scotti, Alan R. Denton, Monia Brugnoni, Judith E. Houston, Ralf Schweins, Igor I. Potemkin and Walter Richtering

Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 3995
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00729