Analytical data belonging to the publication "In-situ Study of the Impact of Temperature and Architecture on the Interfacial Structure of Thermo-responsive Microgels"

However, this characterization is usually limited by available experimental techniques, which do not allow a direct investigation at interfaces. To overcome this difficulty, here we employ neutron reflectometry, which allows us to probe the structure and responsiveness of the microgels in-situ at the air-water interface.

We investigate two types of microgels with different cross-link density, thus having different softness and deformability, both below and above their volume phase transition temperature, combining experiments with computer simulations of realistic in silico synthesized microgels. We find that temperature only affects the portion of microgels in water, while the strongest effect of the microgels softness is observed in their ability to protrude into the air.