Mechanical properties of osmotically stressed polyelectrolyte complexes and multilayers: Water as a plasticizer

HH Hariri, AM Lehaf, JB Schlenoff - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
Compacted, macroporous complexes of poly (styrenesulfonate) and poly (
diallyldimethylammonium) were dehydrated under defined osmotic stress using poly …

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Rhodamine B Zwitterion Diffusion in Polyelectrolyte Solutions

PK Walhout, Z He, B Dutagaci… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polyelectrolytes continue to find wide interest and application in science and engineering,
including areas such as water purification, drug delivery, and multilayer thin films. We have …

Simplifying molecular transport in polyelectrolyte multilayer thin films

S Pahal, R Boranna, GR Prashanth… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The matrix properties of polyelectrolyte multilayer thin films (PEM) are critical in making them
a viable candidate for various biomedical applications. The location and ability of molecules …

Charge-dependent transport switching of single molecular ions in a weak polyelectrolyte multilayer

LJ Tauzin, B Shuang, L Kisley, AP Mansur, J Chen… - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
The tunable nature of weak polyelectrolyte multilayers makes them ideal candidates for drug
loading and delivery, water filtration, and separations, yet the lateral transport of charged …

Dynamics in Stimuli-Responsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel Layers As Revealed by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

A Vagias, P Kosovan, K Koynov, C Holm, HJ Butt… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We employ fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) to study the translational mobility of
molecular tracers in stimuli-responsive grafted poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNiPAAm) …

Process validation and a new method for quality control of ultrathin polyelectrolyte multilayer coatings

T Andreeva, T Drieschner, DS Golovko… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
The properties of polyelectrolyte multilayers are ruled by the process parameters employed
during self-assembly. This is the first study in which a design of experiment approach was …

Single molecule characterization of anomalous transport in a thin, anisotropic film

DF Kienle, DK Schwartz - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
The diffusion of small, charged molecules incorporated in an anisotropic polyelectrolyte
multilayer (PEM) was tracked in three dimensions by combining single-molecule …

Shedding light on azopolymer brush dynamics by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

RH Kollarigowda, I De Santo, C Rianna, C Fedele… - Soft matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the response to illumination at a molecular level as well as characterising
polymer brush dynamics are key features that guide the engineering of new light-stimuli …

Probing differential hydration of poly (vinylpyrrolidone) thin films using tracer mobility: an insight from fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

S Bhattacharya, A Dey… - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Dynamics of small probe molecules have been routinely used to unravel the intrinsic details
of charged ion transport in polymer brushes and polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) thin films …

Modeling the Structure and Dynamics of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

JJ Cerdà, C Holm, B Qiao - Ionic Interactions in Natural and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Polyelectrolyte multilayer s (PEM s) are complex structures in which the property of
polyelectrolyte s (PE s) to complex with oppositely charged PEs is exploited to form a …