Polyelectrolyte (PE) hydrogels are ubiquitous in nature. Tailoring the interactions between
PE gels and salt provides versatile implements to overcome their critical drawbacks such as …

Incremental changes in ionic composition, solvent quality, and temperature can lead to
reversible and abrupt structural changes in many synthetic and biopolymer systems. In the …

Strongly interacting polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) are known to form solid precipitates
that can transform into liquid droplets upon the addition of salt to break intrinsic ionic …

Gaining insight into osmotic pressure and its biological implications is pivotal for revealing
mechanisms underlying numerous fundamental biological processes across scales and will …

Various poly (sodium acrylate) hydrogels with different architectures, such as single
networks, interpenetrating double networks and surface crosslinked hydrogels, are …

Polyelectrolyte gels consist of a polymer network with charged functional side-groups, and a
solvent with counter-ions filling the interstitial spaces in the network. Such gels respond to …

Polyelectrolyte gels are ionizable, crosslinked polymer networks swollen in a solvent. These
materials are prevalent in biological and synthetic applications ranging from the extracellular …

The direct disposal of municipal solid waste such as nappies to the environment may create
serious pollution problems. Based on the circular economy and waste management …

Introduction of high valence counterions into polyelectrolyte gels results in a reversible
volume phase transition. In the present work new experimental results are reported for the …

Electrical excitability of cells, tissues and organs is a fundamental phenomenon in biology
and physiology. Signatures of excitability include transient currents resulting from a constant …