Index

a ABA copolymers 440 AB-type block copolymers 433, 445 acid-/base-containing polymer gel particles 457 acidic polymers 414 3-acrylamidophenylboronic acid (AAPBA) 494 acrylic acid (AAc) 64, 174, 175 affinity purification procedure 457 air contrast-matched water (ACMW) 133 air-water experiments 133 air-water interface 305, 308 core-shell microgels 334, 335 deformation of microgels upon adsorption 331 evaporation of dispersion droplets 333 evaporation of sessile droplet 333-334 fluorescence microscope 340 microgel-based thin film formation 329-333 pNIPAm microgels 333 self-organization behavior development 334-336 alkyl groups 34 amphiphilic block copolymers 33, 441, 482, 486 amphiphilic cyclic copolymers 442-444 amphiphilic graft copolymers 434-439 amphiphilic random copolymers design and synthesis of 34-35 functional nanoaggregates 44 hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymer chains 33 PEG chains and alkyl groups 34 self-assembly 33compartmentalization and nanostructure control 40 into multichain or unimer micelles in water 36-39 PEG chains and alkyl groups 37-39 size-controlled and thermoresponsive micelles 39-40 in water and organic media 35-36 self-healing and selectively adhesive hydrogels 43-44 self-sorting and co-self-assembly, of binary mixtures 40-43 amphiphilic star copolymers 439-442 antigen-antibody interaction mechanism 451 aqueous precipitation polymerization method 171, 173 aqueous-two phase separation (ATPS) 375Micro and Nano Gels: Synthesis, Characterization, Modelling, and Applications, First Edition.Edited by Daisuke Suzuki and Takuma Kureha.