Polyelectrolyte bridging interactions between charged macromolecules

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 273-279

  Podgornik, R ^a,b,c,d   Licer M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridging interaction; Colloidal stability; Polyelectrolytes

Indexed keywords

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; FLOCCULATION; MACROMOLECULES; POLYELECTROLYTES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

BRIDGING INTERACTION; CHARGED POLYMERS; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; POLYELECTROLYTE CHAINS;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

COPOLYMER; POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYMER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ELASTICITY; ELECTRICITY; ENTROPY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHENOMENOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 33751082421     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2006.08.001     Document Type: Review

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