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Royal Society of Chemistry, Soft Matter, 44(13), p. 8271-8280
DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01274h
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Does Flory–Rehner theory quantitatively describe the swelling of thermoresponsive microgels?
Journal article published in 2017 by
Carlos G. Lopez 
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Walter Richtering
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Walter Richtering
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Abstract
The polymer volume fraction of PNIPAM microgels in the collapsed state is estimated to be ≃0.44, independent of cross linking or molar mass. The Flory–Rehner model can accurately describe microgel swelling, but the accuracy of the obtained fit parameters is significantly poorer.