3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Signatures of auxeticity in microgels at low and ultralow crosslinker concentration
Susana Marín-Aguilar, Leah Rank, Emanuela Zaccarelli
Auxetic behavior, characterized by a negative Poisson's ratio, is a counterintuitive mechanical response exhibited, among other systems, by certain polymer networks. Here, through…
cond-mat.soft2026
Self-induced buckling in hollow microgels
Leah Rank, Emanuela Zaccarelli
Hollow microgels are elastic polymer shells easily realizable in experiments. Recent works have shown the emergence of buckling events in dilute hollow microgels under the effect o…
cond-mat.soft2025
Numerical insights on the volume phase transition of thermoresponsive hollow microgels
Leah Rank, Emanuela Zaccarelli
Hollow microgels, consisting of a pNIPAM polymer network with a central cavity, have significant potential due to their tunable softness and encapsulation capabilities. Using molec…