<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>Gasser U</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Hyatt JS</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Lietor-Santos JJ</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Herman ES</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Lyon LA</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Fernandez-Nieves A</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2014</dc:date>
  <dc:description xmlns:ns0="xml" ns0:lang="en">We study the form factor of thermoresponsive microgels based on poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) at high generalized volume fractions, ζ, where the particles must shrink or interpenetrate to fit into the available space. Small-angle neutron scattering with contrast matching techniques is used to determine the particle form factor. We find that the particle size is constant up to a volume fraction roughly between random close packing and space filling. Beyond this point, the particle size decreases with increasing particle concentration; this decrease is found to occur with little interpenetration. Noteworthily, the suspensions remain liquid-like for ζ larger than 1, emphasizing the importance of particle softness in determining suspension behavior.</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>https://sonar.ch/global/documents/17102</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1063/1.4885444</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/25053336</dc:relation>
  <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
  <dc:source>The Journal of chemical physics. - 2014</dc:source>
  <dc:title xmlns:ns1="xml" ns1:lang="en">Form factor of pNIPAM microgels in overpacked states.</dc:title>
  <dc:type>http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501</dc:type>
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