Table 1.

Particle diameters obtained by AFM and SEM. Additionally, the relationship of the diameters to each other was calculated.

Microgel	${\overline{\mathit{D}}}_{\mathbf{\text{SEM}}}$/nm	${\overline{\mathit{D}}}_{\mathbf{\text{AFM}}}$/nm	${\overline{\mathit{D}}}_{\mathbf{\text{SEM}}}/{\overline{\mathit{D}}}_{\mathbf{\text{AFM}}}$
NNPAM	467 ± 83	790 ± 71	0.59
NIPAM	461 ± 90	776 ± 79	0.59
NIPMAM	769 ± 90	786 ± 89	0.98