Polyelectrolytes (PEs) are macromolecules that possess repeating units of ionizable groups
in addition to counterions. Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) emanate from the entropy …

The complexation of polyelectrolytes with other oppositely charged structures gives rise to a
great variety of functional materials with potential applications in a wide spectrum of …

Polyelectrolyte complex coacervates of homologous (co) polyelectrolytes with a near-ideally
random distribution of a charged and neutral ethylene oxide comonomer were synthesized …

Recently, the skin-biomimetic ionic conductive hydrogels have emerged as a competitive
alternative in soft electronics applications due to their excellent ionic conductivity and good …

A wide variety of intracellular membraneless compartments are formed via liquid-liquid
phase separation of charged proteins and nucleic acids. Understanding the stability of these …

Complex coacervates make up a class of versatile materials formed as a result of the
electrostatic associations between oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. It is well-known that …

The role of polyelectrolyte–solvent interactions, among other non-Coulomb interactions, in
dictating the thermodynamics and kinetics of polyelectrolyte complexation is prominent yet …

Complex coacervation is a phase separation phenomenon driven by the electrostatic
attraction between oppositely charged macromolecular species. A recent surge of interest in …

While nature extensively uses electrostatic bonding between oppositely charged polymers
to assemble and stabilize materials, harnessing these interactions in synthetic systems has …

Abstract 3D bioprinting is a powerful fabrication technique in biomedical engineering, which
is currently limited by the number of available materials that meet all physicochemical and …