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SUBMITTER: Karanastasis AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6208052 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karanastasis Apostolos A AA Zhang Yongdeng Y Kenath Gopal S GS Lessard Mark D MD Bewersdorf Joerg J Ullal Chaitanya K CK
Materials horizons 20180905 6
The majority of swollen polymer networks exhibit spatial variations in crosslink density. These spatial heterogeneities are particularly important in colloidal gel particles, or microgels, where they manifest themselves on the nanoscale and impact mechanical and transport properties. Despite their importance, the real space nanostructure of these heterogeneities at the individual particle level has remained elusive. Using state of the art super-resolution microscopy known as Whole cell 4Pi Singl ...[more]