Fig. 1: Reflectivity curves of 5 mol% cross-linked microgels at different temperatures.

a Reflectivity, R(Q), versus momentum transfer, Q, of pNIPAM microgels at the air-ACMW interface and corresponding fits. b Reflectivity curves of D7-NIPAM microgels at the air-ACMW interface with fits. Insets: Reflectivity curves at air-D2O interfaces. The curves are shifted in y-direction for clarity. The unshifted curves are shown in Supplementary Fig. 6a, b. The error bars represent the statistical errors on R(Q).