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Garrett P, Shirley JC, Baiz CR. Forced Interactions: Ionic Polymers at Charged Surfactant Interfaces. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:2829-2836. [PMID: 36926899 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c08636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Characterizing electrostatic interactions at heterogeneous interfaces is critical for developing a fundamental description of the dynamic processes at charged interfaces. Water-in-oil reverse micelles (RMs) offer a high degree of tunability across composition, polarity, and temperature, making them ideal systems for studying interactions at heterogeneous liquid-liquid interfaces. In the present study, we use a combination of ultrafast two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to determine the picosecond interfacial dynamics in RMs containing binary compositions of sorbitan monostearate and anionic or cationic cosurfactants, which are used to tune the ratio of charged to nonionic surfactants at the interface. The positively charged polyethylenimine (PEI) polymer is encapsulated within the RMs, and the carbonyl stretching mode of sorbitan monostearate reports on the interfacial hydrogen-bond populations and dynamics. The results show that hydrogen-bond populations are altered through the inclusion of both negatively and positively charged cosurfactants. Charged surfactants increase interfacial water penetration into the surfactant layer, and the surface localization of polymers decreases water penetration. Local hydrogen-bond dynamics undergo a slowdown with the inclusion of charged surfactants, and the encapsulation of polymers results in similar effects, irrespective of the charge.
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- Paul Garrett
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Ritacco HA. Polyelectrolyte/Surfactant Mixtures: A Pathway to Smart Foams. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:36117-36136. [PMID: 36278099 PMCID: PMC9583308 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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This review deals with liquid foams stabilized by polyelectrolyte/surfactant (PS) complexes in aqueous solution. It briefly reviews all the important aspects of foam physics at several scales, from interfaces to macroscopic foams, needed to understand the basics of these complex systems, focusing on those particular aspects of foams stabilized by PS mixtures. The final section includes a few examples of smart foams based on PS complexes that have been reported recently in the literature. These PS complexes open an opportunity to develop new intelligent dispersed materials with potential in many fields, such as oil industry, environmental remediation, and pharmaceutical industry, among others. However, there is much work to be done to understand the mechanism involved in the stabilization of foams with PS complexes. Understanding those underlying mechanisms is vital to successfully formulate smart systems. This review is written in the hope of stimulating further work in the physics of PS foams and, particularly, in the search for responsive foams based on polymer-surfactant mixtures.
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Andrieux S, Patil M, Jacomine L, Hourlier-Fargette A, Heitkam S, Drenckhan W. Investigating pore-opening in hydrogel foams at the scale of free-standing thin films. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2200189. [PMID: 35579423 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Controlling the pore connectivity of polymer foams is key for most of their applications, ranging from liquid uptake, mechanics, and acoustic/thermal insulation to tissue engineering. Despite its importance, the scientific phenomena governing the pore-opening processes remain poorly understood, requiring tedious trial-and-error procedures for property optimisation. This lack of understanding is partly explained by the high complexity of the different interrelated, multi-scale processes which take place as the foam transforms from an initially fluid foam into a solid foam. To progress in this field, we take inspiration from long-standing research on liquid foams and thin films to develop model experiments in a microfluidic "Thin Film Pressure Balance". These experiments allow us to investigate isolated thin films under well-controlled environmental conditions reproducing those arising within a foam undergoing cross-linking and drying. Using the example of alginate hydrogel films, we correlate the evolution of isolated thin films undergoing gelation and drying with the evolution of the rheological properties of the same alginate solution in bulk. We introduce the overall approach and use a first set of results to propose a starting point for the phenomenological description of the different types of pore-opening processes and the classification of the resulting pore-opening types. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- S Andrieux
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut Charles Sadron UPR22, Strasbourg, F-67000, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut Charles Sadron UPR22, Strasbourg, F-67000, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut Charles Sadron UPR22, Strasbourg, F-67000, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut Charles Sadron UPR22, Strasbourg, F-67000, France
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- Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, TU Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut Charles Sadron UPR22, Strasbourg, F-67000, France
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Kedir AS, Solbakken JS, Aarra MG. Foamability and stability of anionic surfactant-anionic polymer solutions: Influence of ionic strength, polymer concentration, and molecular weight. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Braun L, Kühnhammer M, von Klitzing R. Stability of aqueous foam films and foams containing polymers: Discrepancies between different length scales. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2020.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Koolivand H, Mazinani S, Sharif F. Change in interfacial behavior by variation of amphiphilic nanosheets/anionic surfactant ratio using dynamic tensiometry. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.124754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ma L, Bao L, Hu D, Zhao L, Liu T. Effect of interfacial properties on the stability of ultra-dry CO2-in-water (C/W) foams stabilized with zwitterionic surfactants and nonionic/anionic polymers: Experimental and DPD simulation. J Supercrit Fluids 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2019.104722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Jiang J, Ginzburg VV, Wang ZG. On the origin of oscillatory interactions between surfaces mediated by polyelectrolyte solution. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:214901. [PMID: 31822082 DOI: 10.1063/1.5123172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We use a numerical implementation of polymer classical density functional theory with an incompressibility condition to study the system consisting of nonadsorbing polyelectrolytes confined by two planar surfaces and quantify the effective interaction between the two planar surfaces as a function of the polyelectrolyte and salt concentrations. Our results indicate that for the uncharged surfaces (and weakly charged surfaces), the effective interaction primarily consists of a short-range attraction due to the depletion followed by repulsion due to the electric double layer overlapping and electrostatic correlations. For salt-free and low salt concentration systems, the magnitude of the repulsion barrier is determined by the overlap between the electric double layers, while at relatively high salt concentrations, the magnitude of the repulsion barrier is determined by the electrostatic correlations. Due to the competition between the electric double layer and the electrostatic correlations, the magnitude of the repulsion barrier varies nonmonotonically. In contrast, a mean-field Poisson-Boltzmann treatment of the electrostatics predicts a monotonically decreasing repulsion barrier with increasing salt concentration. At moderate salt concentrations, our theory predicts oscillatory interaction profiles. A comparison with the mean-field Poisson-Boltzmann treatment of electrostatics suggests that the oscillations are due primarily to electrostatic correlations.
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- Jian Jiang
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Dynamic interfacial properties and foamability of polyelectrolyte-surfactant mixtures. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mitrinova Z, Tcholakova S, Denkov N, Ananthapadmanabhan K. Role of interactions between cationic polymers and surfactants for foam properties. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bureiko A, Trybala A, Kovalchuk N, Starov V. Current applications of foams formed from mixed surfactant-polymer solutions. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2015; 222:670-7. [PMID: 25455806 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Revised: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Foams cannot be generated without the use of special foaming agents, as pure liquids do not foam. The most common foaming agents are surfactants, however often for foam stability one active agent is not enough, it is necessary to add other component to increase foam lifetime. Foams on everyday use are mostly made from mixture of different components. Properly chosen combinations of two active ingredients lead to a faster foam formation and increased foam stability. During the last decade polymers (mainly polyelectrolytes and proteins) have become frequently used additives to foaming solutions. Mixtures of surfactants and polymers often demonstrate different foaming properties in comparison to surfactant only or polymer only solutions. The nature of surfactant-polymer interactions is complicated and prediction of resulting foaming properties of such formulations is not straightforward. Properties and foaming of surfactant-polymer mixtures are discussed as well as current applications of foams and foaming agents as foams are widely used in cosmetics, pharmaceutics, medicine and the food industry.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK; Institute of Biocolloid Chemistry, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK.
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Gochev G. Thin liquid films stabilized by polymers and polymer/surfactant mixtures. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2015.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Deng Q, Li H, Li C, Lv W, Li Y. Enhancement of foamability and foam stability induced by interactions between a hyperbranched exopolysaccharide and a zwitterionic surfactant dodecyl sulfobetaine. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra09120a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Weak hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions between a zwitterionic surfactant dodecyl sulfobetaine (DSB) and a hyperbranched exopolysaccharide (EPS) enhanced considerably the stability and foamability of EPS/DSB foam.
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- Quanhua Deng
- Key Laboratory for Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Education Ministry
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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- National Engineering Technology Research Center for Colloidal Materials
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Education Ministry
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Education Ministry
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Education Ministry
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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Fauser H, von Klitzing R, Campbell RA. Surface Adsorption of Oppositely Charged C14TAB-PAMPS Mixtures at the Air/Water Interface and the Impact on Foam Film Stability. J Phys Chem B 2014; 119:348-58. [DOI: 10.1021/jp509631b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Heiko Fauser
- Stranski-Laboratorium
fuer Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Institut fuer Chemie, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Stranski-Laboratorium
fuer Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Institut fuer Chemie, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 6 rue
Jules Horowitz, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble , Cedex 9, France
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Fameau AL, Carl A, Saint-Jalmes A, von Klitzing R. Responsive Aqueous Foams. Chemphyschem 2014; 16:66-75. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201402580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Bureiko A, Trybala A, Huang J, Kovalchuk N, Starov V. Effects of additives on the foaming properties of Aculyn 22 and Aculyn 33 polymeric solutions. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.02.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Petkova R, Tcholakova S, Denkov N. Role of polymer–surfactant interactions in foams: Effects of pH and surfactant head group for cationic polyvinylamine and anionic surfactants. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Üzüm C, Makuska R, von Klitzing R. Effect of Molecular Architecture on the Polyelectrolyte Structuring under Confinement. Macromolecules 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/ma202763m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Cagri Üzüm
- Stranski-Laboratorium, Institut
für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Vilnius University, LT-03225 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Stranski-Laboratorium, Institut
für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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Petkova R, Tcholakova S, Denkov ND. Foaming and foam stability for mixed polymer-surfactant solutions: effects of surfactant type and polymer charge. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:4996-5009. [PMID: 22360410 DOI: 10.1021/la3003096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Solutions of surfactant-polymer mixtures often exhibit different foaming properties, compared to the solutions of the individual components, due to the strong tendency for formation of polymer-surfactant complexes in the bulk and on the surface of the mixed solutions. A generally shared view in the literature is that electrostatic interactions govern the formation of these complexes, for example between anionic surfactants and cationic polymers. In this study we combine foam tests with model experiments to evaluate and explain the effect of several polymer-surfactant mixtures on the foaminess and foam stability of the respective solutions. Anionic, cationic, and nonionic surfactants (SDS, C(12)TAB, and C(12)EO(23)) were studied to clarify the role of surfactant charge. Highly hydrophilic cationic and nonionic polymers (polyvinylamine and polyvinylformamide, respectivey) were chosen to eliminate the (more trivial) effect of direct hydrophobic interactions between the surfactant tails and the hydrophobic regions on the polymer chains. Our experiments showed clearly that the presence of opposite charges is not a necessary condition for boosting the foaminess and foam stability in the surfactant-polymer mixtures studied. Clear foam boosting (synergistic) effects were observed in the mixtures of cationic surfactant and cationic polymer, cationic surfactant and nonionic polymer, and anionic surfactant and nonionic polymer. The mixtures of anionic surfactant and cationic polymer showed improved foam stability, however, the foaminess was strongly reduced, as compared to the surfactant solutions without polymer. No significant synergistic or antagonistic effects were observed for the mixture of nonionic surfactant (with low critical micelle concentration) and nonionic polymer. The results from the model experiments allowed us to explain the observed trends by the different adsorption dynamics and complex formation pattern in the systems studied.
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- R Petkova
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Kristen-Hochrein N, Laschewsky A, Miller R, von Klitzing R. Stability of Foam Films of Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolyte/Surfactant Mixtures: Effect of Isoelectric Point. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:14475-83. [DOI: 10.1021/jp206964k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nora Kristen-Hochrein
- Stranski-Laboratorium, Insitut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17.Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Postdam-Golm, Germany
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- Stranski-Laboratorium, Insitut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17.Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Üzüm C, Christau S, von Klitzing R. Structuring of Polyelectrolyte (NaPSS) Solutions in Bulk and under Confinement as a Function of Concentration and Molecular Weight. Macromolecules 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ma201466a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Cagri Üzüm
- Stranski-Laboratorium, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Stranski-Laboratorium, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Stranski-Laboratorium, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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