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From: Microscopic mechanisms of deformation transfer in high dynamic range branched nanoparticle deformation sensors

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tQD cluster dispersion and concentration in polymers and tQD-polymer interfaces studied in this work (see Fig. 2 for evenly dispersed tQDs in polymers). a, b Schematics of high (evenly dispersed) and low (clustered) dispersions are shown, as well as high and low concentrations in polymers wherein tQDs form clusters, and varying tQD-polymer interface chemistries. c TEM images of tQDs before polymer incorporation. d TEM image of tQD clusters in PLLA (10% by weight). e TEM image of tQD clusters in SEBS (5% by weight). f TEM image of tQD clusters in SEBS (20% by weight). All scale bars shown represent 200 nm, except for the inset to c, which is 50 nm

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