pH and salt effects on the associative phase separation of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes

Polymers

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1414-1436

  Jha, Prateek K ^a   Desai, Priyanka S ^a   Li, Jingyi ^a   Larson, Ronald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative phase separation; Charge regulation; Coacervation; Complexation; Polyelectrolyte complexes; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; HYDROGELS; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ASSOCIATIVE PHASE SEPARATIONS; CHARGE REGULATION; COACERVATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; OPPOSITELY CHARGED POLYELECTROLYTES; POLY(N ,N-DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES; THERMODYNAMIC THEORY;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84902013476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym6051414     Document Type: Article

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