Polyelectrolyte gel diodes that are double layers of two oppositely charged polyelectrolyte gels, sandwiched by two symmetric electrodes, are emergent ionic devices. These diodes are designed to ...

A molecular-sized brush that looks like a shoe brush has properties with great potential for the materials industry and medicine, but polyelectrolyte brushes can be sensitive, and getting them to work ...

A team of researchers from Pukyong National University discovered a simple method for creating polyelectrolytes and adjusting their properties to increase the efficiency of solar cells. These findings ...

A new study has laid out the internal structure of polyelectrolyte complexes for the first time. For years, we've known that a special kind of molecular assembly known as a "polyelectrolyte complex" ...

Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) are self-assembled materials formed by the electrostatic interaction of oppositely charged polymers. Their ability to undergo phase separation through coacervation has ...

Previously, self-mending polymeric materials based on physical crosslinking or external stimuli – such as heat and light – have been successfully developed and employed for the mechanical recovery and ...

Understanding the fundamentals of designing polyelectrolyte coatings, which can be seen as a bio-inspired approach due to chemical sequences that are analogous to proteins at a molecular level, ...

When two solutions of oppositely charged polymers (polyelectrolytes) are mixed, phase separation occurs and leads to the formation of a polymer-rich phase and a supernatant phase. The precise ...

The zeta potential of polyethylenimine (PEI) is measured as a function of polymer concentration with the SZ-100 Nanoparticle Analyzer. There is a negative relationship between Zeta potential and ...

Taiwanese researchers have added bathocuproine (BCP) molecules to three different kinds of solvents used in perovskite cells and have ascertained how this combination increases the carrier mobility ...

A brush that's like a shoe brush on a micron scale can have great potential uses for industry and medicine -- but only if it works right.