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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 29.
Published in final edited form as: Biomater Sci. 2019 Jan 29;7(2):669–682. doi: 10.1039/c8bm01201f

Figure 1:

Figure 1:

Microgel characterization. A) pNIPAm-co-AAc ULCs are synthesized via a precipitation polymerization reaction. B) ULCs in their collapsed state have a hydrodynamic radius of 624 ± 32 nm with a Gaussian size distribution. C) AFM dry imaging of ULCs show that ULC particles deform to have low heights and diameters of ~1 micron. D) CryoSEM imaging of ULCs in suspension reveal that ULCs take on an activated platelet-like morphology, mimicking spindle-like protrusions and particle-particle interactions.