Colloidal Probes of PNIPAM-Grafted SiO₂ in Studying the Microrheology of Thermally Sensitive Microgel Suspensions

Figure 1

The schematics of the colloidal probes of microrheology (grey spheres) aggregate through (a) bridging, and (b) depletion of the microgels (blue spheres).

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