<i>In situ</i> characterization of crystallization and melting of soft, thermoresponsive microgels by small-angle X-ray scattering
Dmitry Lapkin, Nastasia Mukharamova, Dameli Assalauova, Svetlana Dubinina, Jens R. Stellhorn, Fabian Westermeier, Sergey Lazarev, Michael Sprung, Matthias Karg, Ivan A. Vartanyants, Janne‐Mieke Meijer
Abstract
structure with different degrees of in-plane and out-of-plane stacking disorder that increase upon particle swelling. We further find that the melting process is distinctly different, where the system separates into two different crystal phases with different melting temperatures and interparticle interactions.
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Materials scienceSmall-angle X-ray scatteringVolume fractionChemical physicsColloidScatteringPhase (matter)Characterization (materials science)Particle (ecology)Soft matterCrystallizationPhase transitionPolymerChemical engineeringNanotechnologyComposite materialThermodynamicsOpticsChemistryGeologyOrganic chemistryOceanographyPhysicsEngineeringMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesTheoretical and Computational PhysicsBlock Copolymer Self-Assembly