Inhalt

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   Eidesstattliche Erklärung
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   Abstract
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   Zusammenfassung
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   Acknowledgements
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   General Introduction
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   Smart Homopolymer Microgels
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   Abstract
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   Introduction
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  Materials and Methods
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   Chemicals
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   Synthesis of the Homopolymer Microgels
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   Scanning Electron Microscopy
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   Atomic Force Microscopy
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  Light Scattering
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   Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
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   Static Light Scattering
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   Turbidity Measurements
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   Fluorescence Measurements
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  Results and Discussion
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   Imaging Techniques
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   Static Light Scattering (SLS)
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  Swelling Behavior
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   Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (PCS)
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   Turbidity Measurements
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   Fluorescence Measurements
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   Conclusions
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   The Role of anionic surfactants
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   Abstract
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   Introduction
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  Materials and Methods
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   Chemicals
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   Synthesis of the Homopolymer Microgels
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   PCS measurements
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   Atomic force microscopy
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  Results and Discussion
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   Influence of surfactant on the particle size
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   Influence of the moment of surfactant addition
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   Conclusions
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   Patterned microgel coatings
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   Abstract
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   Introduction
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  Materials and Methods
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   Microgel synthesis
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   Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (PCS)
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  Local microgel coating
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   Ink-jet printing
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   Microcontact printing
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   AFM analysis
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   Microfluidic device
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   Cell culture
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   Cell assays in microfluidic set-up
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   Cell migration observation
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   Results and Discussions
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   Conclusions
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   Smart membranes
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   Abstract
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   Introduction
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  Materials and Methods
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   Chemicals
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   Synthesis of the copolymer microgels
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   Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (PCS)
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   Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
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   Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy (FT-IRS)
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   Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
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   Preparation and Characterization of free-standing microgel membranes
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   Resistance Measurements
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  Results and Discussion
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   Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (PCS) results
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   Fourier Transformation Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) results
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  Imaging techniques
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   Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) results
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   Free-standing membranes and membrane resistance
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   Conclusions
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   Conclusion and perspective
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   Supporting Information Chapter 3
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   Supporting Information Chapter 4
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   Supporting Information Chapter 5
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   Further Information on Chapter 5
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   Surface Coverage by Microgels