Polyelectrolyte brushes constitute a new class of material which has recently received
considerable interest. The strong segment–segment repulsions and the electrostatic …

We survey recent progress made in the field of polyelectrolyte brushes. These systems
consist of long polyelectrolyte chains that are grafted densely to planar or curved surfaces …

We review recent work on colloidal particles bearing a dense layer of linear polyelectrolyte
chains on their surface. These systems have been termed “spherical polyelectrolyte …

Deuterium, a stable hydrogen isotope, has been playing important roles in many scientific
areas, including polymer science. The developments of deuteration science and polymer …

We present a condensed overview of the recent developments of novel responsive thin
polymer films from end-tethered chains (polymer brushes), which are different from …

The structural and thermodynamical properties of weak polyelectrolytes end‐tethered to
surfaces of arbitrary geometry are studied using a molecular theory. The theory is based on …

Using molecular dynamics simulations, we study completely charged polyelectrolyte
brushes with added salt at moderate electrostatic coupling strength. The full Coulomb …

Normal and shear forces were measured as a function of surface separation, D, between
hydrophobized mica surfaces bearing layers of a hydrophobic− polyelectrolytic diblock …

The target of this work is to study conformational properties of starlike polyelectrolytes with
pH-sensitive (annealed) dissociation in salt-free solutions. We confront hybrid Monte Carlo …

Using molecular dynamics simulations, we study completely and partially charged
polyelectrolyte brushes. Counterions are treated explicitly. At weak electrostatic interaction …