Hydrogels are three‐dimensional (3D) crosslinked hydrophilic polymer networks that have
garnered tremendous interests in many fields, including water treatment, energy storage …

Chitosan is one of the most studied cationic polysaccharides. Due to its unique
characteristics of being water soluble, biocompatible, biodegradable, and non-toxic, this …

Polyelectrolytes are an important class of polymeric materials and are increasingly used in
complex industrial formulations. A core use of these materials is in mixtures with surfactants …

A promising strategy to design synthetic hydrogels with the ability to self-heal is to substitute
the covalently cross-linked polymer chains by supramolecular ones. Although …

Biomass-derived nanomaterials, such as cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibrils, are
attractive building blocks for the formulation of foams, emulsions, suspensions and …

Controlling viscosity of aqueous surfactant solutions is very important for practical
formulations. This can be done by having polymers interact with surfactants, thereby forming …

Aqueous polyelectrolyte–surfactant complexes (PESCs) are very rich with respect to their
properties and the structures formed by them. By design they normally contain hydrophobic …

In this study, we investigated the effect of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) content on the
structure and properties of chitosan films. It is found that the binding of SDS to chitosan was …

Recent developments in the field of oppositely charged polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes
(PESCs) have been reviewed. Among the many developments in that field in particular very …

Bacterial infections and multiple encrustations are life‐threatening complications in patients
implanted with urological devices. Limited by time‐consuming procedures and substrate …