[HTML][HTML] Synthetic and biopolymeric microgels: Review of similarities and difference in behaviour in bulk phases and at interfaces

DZ Akgonullu, BS Murray, SD Connell, Y Fang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review discusses the current knowledge of interfacial and bulk interactions of
biopolymeric microgels in relation to the well-established properties of synthetic microgels …

Nanogel/microgel science and beyond

D Suzuki - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Since the first report in 1986, tremendous effort has been devoted to develo** a deeper
understanding of hydrogel colloidal particles (ie, nanogels/microgels), including their …

Nanoparticle-based tough polymers with crack-propagation resistance

Y Sasaki, Y Nishizawa, T Watanabe, T Kureha… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although thin elastomer films of polymer nanoparticles are regarded as environmentally
friendly materials, the low mechanical strength of the films limits their use in various …

Relationship between π–A isotherms and single microgel/microgel array structures revealed via the direct visualization of microgels at the air/water interface

T Kawamoto, H Minato, D Suzuki - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The structures of single microgels and microgel arrays formed at the air/water interface were
visualized directly, and their structures correlated with π–A isotherms in order to understand …

Nanoscale Structures of Tough Microparticle-Based Films Investigated by Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering and All-Atom Molecular-Dynamics Simulation

K Namba, Y Sasaki, Y Kawamura, S Yoshida, Y Hieda… - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this study, the nanoscale structures of microparticle-based films are revealed by
synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and all-atom molecular-dynamics (AA-MD) …

The compression of deformed microgels at an air/water interface

T Kawamoto, K Yanagi, Y Nishizawa… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The compression of deformed hydrogel microspheres (microgels) at air/water interfaces was
investigated using a Langmuir–Blodgett trough with simultaneous in situ visualization of the …

Elastomer Particle Monolayers Formed by the Compression of Poly (methyl acrylate) Microparticles at an Air/Water Interface

Y Sasaki, Y Nishizawa, N Watanabe… - Macromolecular …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
In the previous study (Green Chem., 2023, 25, 3418), highly stretchable and mechanically
tough poly (methyl acrylate)(pMA) microparticle‐based elastomers can be formed by drying …

Nano/microparticle-based tough and recyclable polymers toward a sustainable society

Y Sasaki, Y Nishizawa, T Kureha… - Chemical …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
By virtue of their unique properties, polymer nano/microparticles constitute important
building blocks for the construction of functional nanomaterials. Although intense research …

リサイクル可能な高分子ナノ微粒子によるゴム材料の高機能化

上西和也, 鈴木大介 - 日本ゴム協会誌, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
抄録 The toughness enhancement and recyclability of elastomers were investigated using
polymeric nanoparticles. Rotaxane (RC) as a cross-linker, which consists of one ring and …