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Heterogeneous collapse in thermoresponsive copolymer microgels varying molar composition
Jacopo Vialetto, Francesco Brasili, Letizia Tavagnacco +5
Understanding the internal architecture of copolymer microgels is crucial for establishing how nanoscale polymer organization controls their stimuli-responsive behavior. Here we fo…
Using fast-reactive crosslinkers to modulate the internal structure of thermoresponsive microgels
Ballin Elisa, Brasili Francesco, Sztucki Michael +3
The internal architecture of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) microgels, which switches from fuzzy-sphere to star-like when the standard N,N'-methylenebis(acrylamide) (BIS) cro…
Resolving Light-Induced Structural Rearrangements in Responsive Microgels
Fabrizio Camerin, Megha Emerse, Gianpaolo Gallo +6
Optically-responsive microgels offer a versatile platform for designing adaptive soft materials with coupled light and thermal responsiveness. Control over the crosslinking degree…
Deciphering Molecular Charge Anisotropy: the Case of Antibody Solutions
Fabrizio Camerin, Susana Marin-Aguilar, Anna Stradner +2
Electrostatic interactions fundamentally govern the structure, stability, and dynamics of charged (bio)matter, yet the impact of heterogeneous and anisotropic charge distributions…
Star-like microgels vs star polymers: similarities and differences
Tommaso Papetti, Elisa Ballin, Francesco Brasili +1
Star-like microgels have recently emerged as a promising class of thermoresponsive soft colloids, that have an internal architecture similar to that of star polymers. Here, we perf…
Beyond uniform screening: electrostatic heterogeneity dictates solution structure of complex macromolecules
Fabrizio Camerin, Marco Polimeni, Letizia Tavagnacco +7
The complexity of biomolecular interactions necessitates advanced methodologies to accurately capture their behavior in solution. In this work, we focus on monoclonal antibodies an…
Thermoresponsive copolymer microgels synthesized via single-step precipitation polymerization: random or block structure?
Letizia Tavagnacco, Elena Buratti, Jacopo Vialetto +9
The inner structure of polymeric particles critically influences their phase behavior and functionality, governing their mechanical properties and their physical and chemical inter…
Star-like thermoresponsive microgels: a new class of soft nanocolloids
Elisa Ballin, Francesco Brasili, Tommaso Papetti +5
We provide experimental and numerical evidence of a new class of soft nanocolloids: star-like microgels with thermoresponsive character. This is achieved by using the standard prec…
Predicting structure and swelling of microgels with different crosslinker concentrations combining machine-learning with numerical simulations
Susana Marín-Aguilar, Emanuela Zaccarelli
Microgels made of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) are the prototype of soft, thermoresponsive particles widely used to study fundamental problems in condensed matter physics. However,…
Electrostatics and viscosity are strongly linked in concentrated antibody solutions
Fabrizio Camerin, Marco Polimeni, Anna Stradner +2
Monoclonal antibodies are among the most promising therapeutic agents in modern medicine, yet their formulation into high-concentration solutions for subcutaneous self-administrati…
Gellan-Based Hydrogels and Microgels for culturage heritage: a rheological perspective
Silvia Franco, Leonardo Severini, Elena Buratti +7
Gellan gum has gained significant attention due to its versatility in multiple applications in the form of hydrogels and microgels. A thorough understanding of the rheological beha…
Linking structure and optical properties of plasmonic nanoparticles on tunable spherical surfaces
Francesco Brasili, Angela Capocefalo, Giovanni Del Monte +8
The complexation of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) and thermoresponsive microgels is widely exploited for applications, but a microscopic description of the mechanisms governing the…
Numerical study of neutral and charged microgel suspensions: from single-particle to collective behavior
Giovanni Del Monte, Emanuela Zaccarelli
We perform extensive Molecular Dynamics simulations of an ensemble of realistic microgel particles in swollen conditions in a wide range of packing fractions . We compare neutra…
Toward a unified description of the electrostatic assembly of microgels and nanoparticles
Francesco Brasili, Giovanni Del Monte, Angela Capocefalo +6
The combination of soft responsive particles, such as microgels, with nanoparticles (NPs) yields highly versatile complexes of great potential for applications, from ad-hoc plasmon…
Volume fraction determination of microgel composed of interpenetrating polymer networks of PNIPAM and polyacrylic acid
Silvia Franco, Elena Buratti, Barbara Ruzicka +5
Interpenetrated polymer network microgels, composed of crosslinked networks of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and polyacrylic acid (PAAc), have been investigated through rheological m…
On the Molecular Origin of the Cooperative Coil-to-globule Transition of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in Water
L. Tavagnacco, E. Zaccarelli, E. Chiessi
By means of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations we investigate the behaviour of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), PNIPAM, in water at temperatures below and above the lower critica…