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SUBMITTER: Buratti E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7697199 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Buratti Elena E Sanzari Ilaria I Dinelli Franco F Prodromakis Themistoklis T Bertoldo Monica M
Polymers 20201110 11
In this work, soft microgels of Poly(<i>N</i>-Isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) at two different sizes and of interpenetrated polymer network (IPN) composed of PNIPAm and Poly(Acrylic Acid) (PAAc) were synthesized. Then, solutions of these different types of microgels have been spin-coated on glass substrates with different degrees of hydrophobicity. PNIPAm particles with a larger diameter form either patches or a continuous layer, where individual particles are still distinct, depending on the disp ...[more]