Polyelectrolytes are polymers whose repeating units bear an electrolyte group. Polycations and polyanions are polyelectrolytes. These groups dissociate...
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of polyelectrolytes on solid substrates is a surface phenomenon where long-chained polymer molecules with charged groups (dubbed polyelectrolytes) bind...
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Polyelectrolytes are charged polymers capable of stabilizing (or destabilizing) colloidal emulsions through electrostatic interactions. Their effectiveness...
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Mucus (section Polyelectrolyte effect in mucus)
is controlled by polyelectrolyte effect. Polymers with charged molecules are called polyelectrolytes. Mucins, a kind of polyelectrolyte proteoglycans, are...
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Polyallylamine hydrochloride (category Polyelectrolytes)
is a cationic polyelectrolyte prepared by the polymerization of allylamine. It can be used in combination with an anionic polyelectrolyte like poly(sodium...
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The polyelectrolyte theory of the gene proposes that for a linear genetic biopolymer dissolved in water, such as DNA, to undergo Darwinian evolution anywhere...
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polymer takes up more space. This is also the reason gel hardens. See polyelectrolyte for more information. A colloidal gel consists of a percolated network...
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Biosignature (section Polyelectrolytes)
Scientists have used this concept as an argument against life on Mars. The Polyelectrolyte theory of the gene is a proposed generic biosignature. In 2002, Steven...
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polypeptides) or synthetic polymers (e.g., polystyrene sulfonate), termed "polyelectrolytes", which contain charged functional groups. A substance that dissociates...
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Polyacrylic acid (category Polyelectrolytes)
acquire a negative charge. Partially or wholly deprotonated PAAs are polyelectrolytes, with the ability to absorb and retain water and swell to many times...
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solution. While it is considered a polyelectrolyte polymer chain, hyaluronic acid does not exhibit the polyelectrolyte peak, suggesting the absence of a...
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origin. They can also be classified as uncharged or ionic polymers (polyelectrolytes). Examples include (with E number food additive code): Hehemann, Jan-Hendrik;...
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potentially ambiguous or confusing, because PLA is not a polyacid (polyelectrolyte), but rather a polyester. The monomer is typically made from fermented...
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Sodium polyacrylate (category Polyelectrolytes)
to 1000 times its mass in water. Sodium polyacrylate is an anionic polyelectrolyte with negatively charged carboxylic groups in the main chain. It is...
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chitosan nanoparticle synthesis. These mechanisms include ionic gelation/polyelectrolyte complexation, emulsion droplet coalescence, emulsion solvent diffusion...
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Pelta J, Oukhaled A (3 July 2013). "Exploration of Neutral Versus Polyelectrolyte Behavior of Poly(ethylene glycol)s in Alkali Ion Solutions using Single-Nanopore...
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ionizable subunits (e.g., pendant carboxylic groups) is known as a polyelectrolyte or ionomer, when the fraction of ionizable units is large or small...
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biophysics, such as polymer films, nanostructured block copolymers or polyelectrolytes. Le Bellac, Michel (1991). Quantum and Statistical Field Theory. Oxford:...
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Counterion condensation (category Polyelectrolytes)
interactions and counterion condensation is favored. For many standard polyelectrolytes, this phenomenon is relevant, since the distance between neighboring...
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metallic surface and the surface of a semiconducting material or a polyelectrolyte. Under these conditions an attractive force appears, whose magnitude...
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yellow for a reading of 1.030. In an alkaline medium Polyelectrolyte-Hn + Cationsn+ → Polyelectrolyte-Cations + nH+ In an alkaline medium H+ + Bromothymol...
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ionic polymer–metal composites (IPMC), ionic electroactive polymers, polyelectrolyte gels, and gel-metal composites are common materials to form 3D layered...
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solution. The effectiveness of these polyelectrolytes depend on the pH of the solution. Anionic polyelectrolytes are used at pH values less than the isoelectric...
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"Thermodynamic model for a reversible desalination cycle using weak polyelectrolyte hydrogels". Desalination. 442: 32. Bibcode:2018Desal.442...32R. doi:10...
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Coagulant aids, also known as polyelectrolytes – to improve coagulation and for more robust floc formation. Polyelectrolytes or also known in the field as...
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Lvov; Tabbetha A. Dobbins (2007). "Layer-by-Layer Nanoassembly of Polyelectrolytes Using Formamide as the Working Medium". Langmuir. 23 (14): 7423–7427...
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electrostatic, electrodynamic and electrokinetic phenomena in electrolytes, polyelectrolytes and colloidal dispersions. In standard units, the Bjerrum length is...
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Lewis (2002). "Rheological property evolution in concentrated cement-polyelectrolyte suspensions". Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 85 (12): 2989–2994...
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water-resistant adhesives and antimicrobial coatings. PVP, when mixed with a polyelectrolyte, has been demonstrated to moderately inhibit the growth of microorganisms...
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built at Arnfield and Godley. At Arnfield, lime, ferric sulphate and polyelectrolyte are added to the water in mixing chambers. This flocculating agent...
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