Inside Cover: Cross‐Linking Density and Temperature Effects on the Self‐Assembly of SiO₂—PNIPAAm Core–Shell Particles at Interfaces (Chem. Eur. J. 18/2013)

Abstract

Softness of polymer colloids is vital for the arrangement and density of the colloidal particles at interfaces. On , A. Böker, P. van Rijn et al. present an investigation of SiO2–PNIPAAm core–shell microgels with various internal cross‐linking densities and different degrees of polymerization on the effects of stability, packing and temperature responsiveness at polar–apolar interfaces producing planar assemblies and stable capsules (cover design by C.W. Pester; PNIPAAm=poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide)).