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In the aqueous solutions, PNIPAM chains are well-hydrated and swollen at temperatures below their lower critical solution temperature (LCST), which is approximately 31 ◦ C. All the previous LCST measurements did not consider the physical gelation of the PNIPAM/water solution, which is likely to occur before the solution becomes phase-separated. A recent work by Kawaguchi et_al demonstrated that the conformation of PNIPAM chains varied by the increasing temperature at T lower than the cloud point (Tcp ), thereby suggesting that branched chains are gradually developed before solution phase separation. The conventional methods used . . .
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