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@ARTICLE{Niebuur:1038244,
author = {Niebuur, Bart-Jan and Pipich, Vitaliy and Appavou,
Marie-Sousai and Mullapudi, Dharani and Nieth, Alec and
Rende, Eric and Schulte, Alfons and Papadakis, Christine M.},
title = {{PNIPAM} {M}esoglobules in {D}ependence on {P}ressure},
journal = {Langmuir},
volume = {40},
number = {42},
issn = {0743-7463},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {ACS Publ.},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-01280},
pages = {22314 - 22323},
year = {2024},
abstract = {Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) in aqueous solution
forms mesoglobules above its cloud point temperature Tcp.
While these are small and compact at atmospheric pressure,
they are large and water-rich at high pressure. To identify
the transition between these states, we employed optical
microscopy and carried out isothermal pressure scans. Using
very small angle neutron scattering, we determined the size
and water content of the mesoglobules in pressure scans at
different temperatures above Tcp. We observe a distinct
transition at pressures of 35–55 MPa with the transition
pressure depending on temperature. While the transition is
smooth at high temperatures, i.e., far away from the
coexistence line, it is abrupt at low temperatures, i.e.,
close to the coexistence line. Hence, at high temperatures,
the swelling of the mesoglobules dominates, whereas at low
temperatures, the coalescence of mesoglobules prevails.
Subsequently decreasing the pressure results in a gradual
deswelling of the mesoglobules at high temperature. In
contrast, at low temperatures, small and compact
mesoglobules form, but the large aggregates persist. We
conclude that, on the time scale of the experiment, the
disintegration of the large swollen aggregates into small
and compact mesoglobules is only partially possible. Erasing
the history by cooling the sample at the maximum pressure
into the one-phase state does not result in qualitative
changes for the behavior with the only difference that Fewer
mesoglobules are formed when the pressure is decreased
again. The newly identified transition line separates the
low-pressure from the high-pressure regime.},
cin = {JCNS-1 / JCNS-4 / MLZ / JCNS-FRM-II},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-1-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-4-20201012 /
I:(DE-588b)4597118-3 / I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218},
pnm = {6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron Research (JCNS) (FZJ)
(POF4-6G4) / 632 - Materials – Quantum, Complex and
Functional Materials (POF4-632)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G4 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)KWS3-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {39395149},
UT = {WOS:001337668000001},
doi = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c02952},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1038244},
}