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. 2022 Jun 29;13:3744. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31209-3

Fig. 5. Structure of ULC microgels at liquid interfaces.

Fig. 5

a Results of the fits of the experimental data for the ULC D3 microgels. Inset: Zoom of the polymer fraction profiles. b Density profiles of simulated ultra-low cross-linked microgels at different effective temperatures, corresponding to α = 0, and 0.5. Horizontal and vertical dashed lines are guides to the eyes and represent zero polymer fraction and zero z-distance from the interface, respectively. Negative values of z represent the air phase and positive values represent the water phase. c Simulation snapshots showing the side perspective of an adsorbed ULC microgel for α = 0, 0.5. Solvent particles are not shown for visual clarity.