Electrostatic control of nanoscale phase behavior of polyelectrolyte networks

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 271-276

  Jha, Prateek K ^a   Zwanikken, Jos W ^a   De Pablo, Juan J ^c   Olvera De La Cruz, Monica ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionic gel; Nanogel; Poisson Boltzmann theory; Polyelectrolyte network; Theoretically informed coarse grained simulations

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOSMOSIS; ELECTROSTATICS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MEAN FIELD THEORY; POLYELECTROLYTES;

COARSE-GRAINED; ELECTROSTATIC CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI; HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; NANOGELS; POISSON-BOLTZMANN THEORY; POLYELECTROLYTE GELS; POLYELECTROLYTE NETWORKS;

GELS;

EID: 80255133192     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2011.06.002     Document Type: Review

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