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@ARTICLE{Witte:889676,
author = {Witte, Judith and Kyrey, Tetyana and Lutzki, Jana and Dahl,
Anna Margarethe and Kühnhammer, Matthias and Klitzing,
Regine von and Holderer, Olaf and Wellert, Stefan},
title = {{L}ooking inside {P}oly( {N} -isopropylacrylamide)
{M}icrogels: {N}anomechanics and {D}ynamics at
{S}olid–{L}iquid {I}nterfaces},
journal = {ACS applied polymer materials},
volume = {3},
number = {2},
issn = {2637-6105},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {ACS Publications},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-00308},
pages = {976–985},
year = {2021},
abstract = {The continuous improvement of synthesis leads to a great
variety in the internal architecture and functionality of
colloidal hydrogels. A majority of envisioned applications
use microgels as colloidal building blocks for layer
formation at solid substrates. In this context, a
fundamental understanding of the influence of these
substrates on the internal structure and physical properties
is essential. Especially, the nanomechanical properties of
adsorbed poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgel particles are
important for their application in cell cultivation,
functional surface coatings, and others. Furthermore, these
properties are closely related to the swelling behavior and
the internal structure and dynamics of these microgels.
However, the number of methods that are able to probe the
viscoelasticity of adsorbed microgels over the entire
vertical particle profile is limited. Grazing incidence
neutron scattering techniques are suited to probe
soft-matter samples with limited sample volumes at planar
solid substrates and allow a resolution in the z-direction.
We used neutron spin echo spectroscopy under grazing
incidence to access fast thermal fluctuations (10–9 s)
over the entire vertical particle profile. Atomic force
microscopy nanoindentation was used to characterize the
nanomechanical properties of adsorbed microgel particles
prepared by batch and continuous monomer feeding methods.
The resulting force maps revealed that batch microgels were
“hard” and heterogeneous in their Young’s moduli,
while the microgels from the continuous method were
“soft” and homogeneous. Finally, neutron spin echo
spectroscopy under grazing incidence revealed major
differences in the vertical dynamic profile of both types of
microgels.},
cin = {JCNS-FRM-II / MLZ / JCNS-4 / JCNS-1},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 / I:(DE-588b)4597118-3 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-4-20201012 / I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-1-20110106},
pnm = {6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron Research (JCNS) (FZJ)
(POF4-6G4) / 632 - Materials – Quantum, Complex and
Functional Materials (POF4-632) / DFG project 290879244 -
Grenzflächennahe Dynamik nicht quervernetzter und
quervernetzter Polymerarchitekturen auf festen planaren
Oberflächen},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G4 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632 /
G:(GEPRIS)290879244},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)J-NSE-20140101 / EXP:(DE-MLZ)TREFF-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000619799500045},
doi = {10.1021/acsapm.0c01265},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/889676},
}