Polyelectrolyte brushes illustration: In the foreground, powerful ions in solution, shown as spheres, cause the brush's bristles to collapse like sticky spaghetti. In the background, gentler ions ...

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How water-based polyelectrolyte coatings can impart super gas barrier to commodity polymer film (e.g. PET) that rivals metal and metal oxide coatings Why environmentally-benign, intumescent coatings ...

Ionic conductivity of solid polyelectrolyte complexes with varying water content: application of the dynamic structure model Ostendorf A, Schönhoff M, Cramer C. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21 (14), ...

(collaborative work with Prof. Rich Noble, CU Boulder) In addition to the design and development of new nanoporous polymer materials based on LC starting materials, our research group has recently ...

New biomaterial could replace plastic laminates, greatly reduce pollution Date: September 20, 2017 Source: Penn State Summary: An inexpensive biomaterial that can be used to sustainably replace ...

Polyelectrolyte self-assembly The adsorption of organic molecules to interfaces is offering a variety of possibilities for the design of novel materials with structures defined on a nanometer scale.

Cross-linked polyelectrolyte (CLP) is a polymer that, given orally, absorbs both water and electrolytes [sodium (Na +) and potassium (K +)] in the GI tract with eventual elimination in the faeces. [9] ...

Polyelectrolyte brushes look a bit like soft bushes, such as shoeshine brushes, but they are on the scale of large molecules and the "bristles" are made of polymer chains.