Figure 2

Radial density profiles ρ(r) of the core-shell particles (CS) and of the hollow spheres (HS) particles.

Experimentally obtained density profiles from SANS measurements (left column) of the CS particles at the match point (MP) of the silica core and of the HS nanogels at full scattering contrast in D₂O and from MD simulations (right column) at 40 °C (top row, bad solvent quality for the shell, ε = 1 in MD) and at 20 °C (bottom row, good solvent quality for the shell, ε = 0.1 in MD). The snapshots on the right represent equilibrium structure of nanogels obtained by MD.