Polyelectrolytes are a class of polymers possessing ionic groups on their repeating units.
Since counterions can dissociate from the polymer backbone, polyelectrolyte chains are …

We studied the viscosity of semidilute aqueous solutions of sodium polystyrenesulfonate as
a function of polymer and salt concentrations. The viscosity data were quantified by applying …

We implemented a scaling approach, based on the relationship between the solution
correlation length ξ= lg ν/B and the number of repeat units per correlation blob g for …

Ionic assemblies, or clusters, determine the structure and dynamics of ionizable polymers
and enable their many applications. Fundamental to attaining well-defined materials is …

Charge-carrying species, such as polyelectrolytes, are vital to natural and synthetic
processes that rely on their dynamic behavior. Through single-particle tracking techniques …

Entanglements in polyelectrolyte solutions are a controversial issue in polymer science.
Experimental studies during the last 20 years have raised doubts about the applicability of …

As a special class of polyelectrolytes, polymerized ionic liquids (PILs) possess large
counterions in their size, and the complicated electrostatic interactions with added salts …

This article provides an overview of interactions between charged interfaces across
concentrated suspensions of charged nanoparticles or solutions of polyelectrolytes. These …

Polyelectrolyte solutions (PESs) recently have been proposed as high conductivity, high
lithium transference number (t+) electrolytes where the majority of the ionic current is carried …

Chain dynamics in the semidilute unentangled regime can be used to determine the
molecular weight of polyelectrolytes based on the Rouse scaling model. Four methods …