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 multilayers (PEMs) or polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs), formed by layer-by-
layer assembly or the mixing of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes (PEs) in aqueous …

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

The rheology of complex coacervates can be elegantly tuned via the design and control of
specific non-covalent hydrophobic interactions between the complexed polymer chains. The …

Conspectus Intracellular compartmentalization plays a pivotal role in cellular function, with
membrane-bound organelles and membrane-less biomolecular “condensates” playing key …

The difference in inter-chain and intra-chain electrostatic attraction was investigated in
polyelectrolyte and polyampholyte electrostatic complex formation. Three polymers with …

Polysaccharide-based polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) particles have been utilized as
carriers for drug delivery systems (DDS) and as building components for material …

Mixing of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes can result in phase separation into a polymer-
poor supernatant and a polymer-rich polyelectrolyte complex (PEC). We present a new …

Structural variation of polyelectrolytes has been shown to play an important role in altering
polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) properties in recent years. However, molecular‐level details …

Complex coacervates of chitosan and gum arabic, two naturally abundant weak
polyelectrolytes, were investigated by oscillatory shear rheology at varying temperatures …