@article{f5c3c16fc84b4a69b9ac403f51b63b09,
title = "Synthesis of Polyampholyte Janus-like Microgels by Coacervation of Reactive Precursors in Precipitation Polymerization",
abstract = "Controlling the distribution of ionizable groups of opposite charge in microgels is an extremely challenging task, which could open new pathways to design a new generation of stimuli-responsive colloids. Herein, we report a straightforward approach for the synthesis of polyampholyte Janus-like microgels, where ionizable groups of opposite charge are located on different sides of the colloidal network. This synthesis approach is based on the controlled self-assembly of growing polyelectrolyte microgel precursors during the precipitation polymerization process. We confirmed the morphology of polyampholyte Janus-like microgels and demonstrate that they are capable of responding quickly to changes in both pH and temperature in aqueous solutions.",
keywords = "Janus-like microgels, molecular modeling, polyampholyte, responsive materials, self-assembly, RESPONSIVE MICROGELS, CROSS-LINKER, FABRICATION, MORPHOLOGY, PARTICLES, DROPLETS",
author = "Wenjing Xu and Andrey Rudov and Alex Oppermann and Sarah Wypysek and Michael Kather and Ricarda Schroeder and Walter Richtering and Potemkin, \{Igor I.\} and Dominik Woell and Andrij Pich",
note = "Funding Information: Financial support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within project A3 of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 985 “Functional Microgels and Microgel Systems” and the Government of Russian Federation within Act 211, Contract 02. A03.21.0011, is gratefully acknowledged. The super-resolved fluorescence microscopy images were recorded in the RWTH competence center “FLAMENCO” within the profile area MSE. The authors gratefully acknowledge the computing time granted by the John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) and provided on the supercomputer JURECA at the J{\"u}lich Supercomputing Centre (JSC). The research is carried out using the equipment of the shared research facilities of HPC computing resources at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH \& Co. KGaA.",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "13",
doi = "10.1002/anie.201910450",
language = "English",
volume = "59",
pages = "1248--1255",
journal = "Angewandte Chemie-International Edition",
issn = "1433-7851",
publisher = "John Wiley \& Sons Inc.",
number = "3",
}