TY - GEN AU - Suarez, Ivan J. AU - Sierra-Martin, Benjamin AU - Fernandez-Barbero, Antonio PY - 2021 SN - 2073-4360 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10835/12102 AB - In this paper we examine the polymer density distribution of gel particles and its effect on solvent diffusivity through the polymer network. In order to access the inner particle regions, external polymer layers were removed by plasma etching, thus... LA - en PB - MDPI KW - pNIPAM KW - minigel KW - polymer density KW - diffusion KW - plasma etching TI - Using Plasma Etching to Access the Polymer Density Distribution and Diffusivity of Gel Particles ER -