Softness plays a key role in determining the macroscopic properties of colloidal systems,
from synthetic nanogels to biological macromolecules, from viruses to star polymers …

Granular hydrogels, which are formed by densely packing microgels, are promising
materials for bioprinting due to their extrudability, porosity, and modularity. However, the …

Owing to their great importance in materials science and other fields, we investigate the
solution and osmotic properties of uncharged compact nanogel particles over a wide range …

The volume occupied by colloids in a suspension–namely the volume fraction–is the
thermodynamic variable that determines the phase behavior of these systems. While for …

Particle size disparities suppress crystallization. However, soft deformable nanogels can
change the size of the larger particles in suspension and crystallize even at a high initial size …

Understanding and controlling degradation of polymer networks on the mesoscale is critical
for a range of applications. We utilize dissipative particle dynamics to capture …

We determine the osmotic pressure of microgel suspensions using membrane osmometry
and dialysis, for microgels with different softnesses. Our measurements reveal that the …

The deformability, responsiveness, and tunability of soft nanoparticles (NPs) offer unique
opportunities to learn about their complex properties and the interactions between particles …

Depending on the volume fraction and interparticle interactions, colloidal suspensions can
form different phases, ranging from fluids, crystals, and glasses to gels. For soft microgels …

Using dissipative particle dynamics, we characterize dynamics of aggregation of molecular
bottlebrushes in solvents of various qualities by tracking the number of clusters, the size of …