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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 ORCID, Walter Richtering ORCID
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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.