A confocal microscopy study of micron-sized poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgel particles at the oil-water interface and anisotopic flattening of highly swollen microgel

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 461, Issue , 2016, Pages 409-418

  Kwok, Man hin ^a   Ngai, To ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Micron sized microgel; PNIPAM

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEFORMATION; EMULSIFICATION; OSTWALD RIPENING; PARAFFINS; PHASE INTERFACES;

ANISOTROPIC DEFORMATION; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; MICROGEL; MICROGEL PARTICLES; OIL/WATER INTERFACES; PICKERING EMULSIONS; PNIPAM; POLY (N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE);

GELS;

DECANE; NANOPARTICLE; POLY (N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE) MICROGEL PARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; EMULSION; GEL; OIL; POLY-N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EMULSION; MORPHOLOGY; OIL WATER INTERFACE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GEL; PARTICLE SIZE;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANISOTROPY; EMULSIONS; GELS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OILS; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84942474982     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.09.049     Document Type: Article

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