In the following, we consider a single microgel network consisting of a total of N seg = N ch × N + N cross monomers arranged in N ch chains. Each chain contains N monomers. The chains constituting the network are crosslinked by a total of N cross tetrafunctional crosslinkers. We also assume that the microgel contains a number of N a weakly acidic and N b weakly basic groups distributed homogeneously throughout the whole microgel volume, which can ionize depending on the specific environmental conditions such as the pH-value.