Abstract:
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a useful tool to obtain some visual information including the size, morphology, structure, volume phase transition behavior, sensitivity and stability of sensitive microgels. The structure, morphology and sensitivity of microgels are reviewed and discussed in detail, based on the practical application of AFM in sensitive microgels in the past few years. AFM not only simplify remarkably the process of the characterization, but also can obtain variously useful information, and it will be more widely used in polymer materials science, biology, electrochemistry, nano materials science, and so on.
