Foam flooding serves as one of widely-used enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques for
developing oil and gas resources. However, the foam is a thermodynamically unstable …

To realize carriers for drug delivery, cationic containers are required for anionic guests.
Nevertheless, the toxicity of cationic carriers limits their practical use. In this study, we …

We report dynamic light scattering data for a PNIPAM based microgel copolymerised with
2% ionic groups. The hydrodynamic radius is measured as a function of temperature (which …

Polyampholyte nanogels based on N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM),(3-acrylamidopropyl)
trimethylammonium chloride (APTAC) and 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid …

We performed Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the impact of varying acid
and base dissociation constants on the pH-dependent ionization and conformation of weak …

Superhydrophilic polyzwitterionic brushes resist fouling, but free ions may screen zwitterion
charges and alter brush hydration. This work examines the effect of ionic surfactants on …

We have predicted using computer simulations and have detected with SAXS
measurements that pH-sensitive core–shell polyampholyte microgels can form a dense …

In this study, we have synthesised small aqueous zwitterionic microgels as model systems
for amphoteric microgels. Zwitterions exhibit special behaviour due to defined distance …

Abstract Development of a simple and efficiency antibacterial surface coating, to prevent
bacteria attachment and colonization, is critically important for bio-medical application and …

The widespread use of polymer flooding has resulted in a large number of produced liquids
consisting of crude oil emulsions and oily wastewater. Efficient flocculants are required to …