Thermodynamic characterization of polypeptide complex coacervation

D Priftis, N Laugel, M Tirrell - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
The interactions between a series of oppositely charged polypeptide pairs are probed using
isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) in combination with turbidity measurements and optical …

Constrained thermoresponsive polymers–new insights into fundamentals and applications

P Flemming, AS Münch, A Fery… - Beilstein Journal of …, 2021 - beilstein-journals.org
In the last decades, numerous stimuli-responsive polymers have been developed and
investigated regarding their switching properties. In particular, thermoresponsive polymers …

Phase Separation and Gelation in Solutions and Blends of Heteroassociative Polymers

SPO Danielsen, AN Semenov, M Rubinstein - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
An equilibrium statistical mechanical theory for the formation of reversible networks in two-
component solutions of associative polymers is presented to account for the phase behavior …

Flory-type theories of polymer chains under different external stimuli

YA Budkov, MG Kiselev - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In this Review, we present a critical analysis of various applications of the Flory-type theories
to a theoretical description of the conformational behavior of single polymer chains in dilute …

Unifying weak and strong charge correlations within the random phase approximation: Polyampholytes of various sequences

AM Rumyantsev, A Johner, MV Tirrell… - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
We consider the problem of charge correlations in self-coacervate phases of
polyampholytes and disordered proteins with different monomer sequences. An analytical …

Chemical compatibilization, macro-, and microphase separation of heteroassociative polymers

SPO Danielsen - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
A mean-field equilibrium theory for reversible network formation due to heterotypic pairwise
interactions in mixtures of associative polymers is extended via a weak inhomogeneity …

Complex coacervate of weakly charged polyelectrolytes: Diagram of states

AM Rumyantsev, EB Zhulina, OV Borisov - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
The equilibrium structure of an interpolyelectrolyte complex (IPEC) coacervate consisting of
weakly charged flexible polyanions and polycations with equal degree of ionization is …

Marcus theory of ion-pairing

S Roy, MD Baer, CJ Mundy… - Journal of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We present a theory for ion pair dissociation and association, motivated by the concepts of
Marcus theory of electron transfer. Despite the extensive research on ion-pairing in many …

Polyelectrolyte gel swelling and conductivity vs counterion type, cross-linking density, and solvent polarity

AM Rumyantsev, A Pan, S Ghosh Roy, P De… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A joint theoretical and experimental study is devoted to the swelling and electrical
conductivity of highly charged polyelectrolyte (PE) gels in media of different polarity …

Tuning chain interaction entropy in complex coacervation using polymer stiffness, architecture, and salt valency

TK Lytle, CE Sing - Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Oppositely-charged polyelectrolytes can undergo a liquid–liquid phase separation in a salt
solution, resulting in a polymer-dense 'coacervate'phase that has found use in a wide range …