Diffusive Motion of Linear Microgel Assemblies in Solution
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Microgel Preparation
2.3. Substrate Preparation
2.4. Fluorescence-Labelling of Microgel Assemblies
2.5. Formation of Microgel Assemblies and Microscopy Sample Preparation
2.6. Confocal Microscopy
2.7. Widefield Fluorescence Microscopy
2.8. Analysis of Microgel Assembly Conformation
2.9. Dynamic Light Scattering
2.10. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
2.11. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Synthesis of Microgel Assemblies
3.2. Visualization of Microgel Assemblies with Fluorescence Microscopy
3.3. Analysis of the 2D Projections of Microgel Chains
3.4. Translational Diffusion of Microgel Chains
3.5. Rotational Diffusion of Microgel Chains
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Schürings, M.-P.; Nevskyi, O.; Eliasch, K.; Michel, A.-K.; Liu, B.; Pich, A.; Böker, A.; Von Plessen, G.; Wöll, D. Diffusive Motion of Linear Microgel Assemblies in Solution. Polymers 2016, 8, 413. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8120413
Schürings M-P, Nevskyi O, Eliasch K, Michel A-K, Liu B, Pich A, Böker A, Von Plessen G, Wöll D. Diffusive Motion of Linear Microgel Assemblies in Solution. Polymers. 2016; 8(12):413. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8120413
Chicago/Turabian StyleSchürings, Marco-Philipp, Oleksii Nevskyi, Kamill Eliasch, Ann-Katrin Michel, Bing Liu, Andrij Pich, Alexander Böker, Gero Von Plessen, and Dominik Wöll. 2016. "Diffusive Motion of Linear Microgel Assemblies in Solution" Polymers 8, no. 12: 413. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8120413