Conformational transitions of flexible hydrophobic polyelectrolytes in solutions of monovalent and multivalent salts and their mixtures

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6037-6044

  Trotsenko, Oleksandr ^a   Roiter, Yuri ^a   Minko, Sergiy ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADSORBED MOLECULES; AFM IMAGE; CATIONIC POLYELECTROLYTE; CHAIN CONFORMATIONS; CHAIN CONTOURS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; COUNTERIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH IONIC STRENGTH; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; HYDROPHOBIC POLYELECTROLYTES; IN-SITU; LOW SALT CONCENTRATION; MONOVALENT COUNTERIONS; MONOVALENT SALT; MULTIVALENT COUNTERIONS; MULTIVALENT SALTS; POLY(2-VINYLPYRIDINE) (P2VP); QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS; RE-EXPANSION; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SOLUBILITY LIMITS; SURFACE CONCENTRATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICA; POLYELECTROLYTES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

IONIC STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; ELECTROLYTE; INORGANIC SALT; MICA; POLY N METHYL 2 VINYLPYRIDINIUM BROMIDE; POLY(2 VINYLPYRIDINE); POLY(2-VINYLPYRIDINE); POLY-N-METHYL-2-VINYLPYRIDINIUM BROMIDE; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; OSMOLARITY; PH; ROTATION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POLYVINYLS; ROTATION; SALTS; SOLUTIONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84859619376     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la300584k     Document Type: Article

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