Complex coacervation is an associative, liquid–liquid phase separation that can occur in
solutions of oppositely-charged macromolecular species, such as proteins, polymers, and …

Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) are prepared by mixing solutions of oppositely charged
polyelectrolytes. These diffuse, amorphous precipitates may be compacted into dense …

Driving forces for association between oppositely charged biological or synthetic polymers
in aqueous solution have long been identified as electrostatic in origin. This attraction is …

Stoichiometric polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) of the strong polyelectrolytes poly
(styrenesulfonate)(PSS) and poly (diallyldimethylammonium)(PDADMA) were dissociated …

Scattering investigations of the structure and chain conformations, and the rheological
properties of polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) comprising model polyelectrolytes are …

Individual amphiphiles, polymers, and colloidal dispersions influenced by temperature, pH,
and environmental conditions or interactions between their oppositely charged pairs in …

Among all methods available for the preparation of multifunctional nanostructured composite
materials with remarkable functional properties, Layer-by-Layer (LbL) assembly is currently …

Into an extended Voorn–Overbeek (EVO) free energy model of polyelectrolyte (PE)
complexation and phase behavior, we incorporate three classes of short-ranged …

The linear viscoelastic responses for a series of polyelectrolyte complexes, PECs, made
from pairs of poly [3-(methacryloylamino) propyltrimethylammonium chloride], a polycation …

Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) form by mixing polycation and polyanion solutions
together, and have been explored for a variety of applications. One challenge for PEC …