Complex coacervation is an associative, liquid–liquid phase separation that can occur in
solutions of oppositely-charged macromolecular species, such as proteins, polymers, and …

This review considers the most recent developments in supramolecular and supraparticle
structures obtained from natural, renewable biopolymers as well as their disassembly and …

There is notable discrepancy between experiments and coarse-grained model studies
regarding the thermodynamic driving force in polyelectrolyte complex coacervation …

Water and adhesives have a conflicting relationship as demonstrated by the failure of most
man-made adhesives in underwater environments. However, living creatures routinely …

Highly disordered complexes between oppositely charged intrinsically disordered proteins
present a new paradigm of biomolecular interactions. Here, we investigate the driving forces …

Charged polymers are ubiquitous in biological systems because electrostatic interactions
can drive complicated structure formation and respond to environmental parameters such as …

The counterions neutralizing the charges on polyelectrolytes such as DNA or heparin may
dissociate in water and greatly influence the interaction of such polyelectrolytes with …

To enable attachment to underwater surfaces, aquatic fauna such as mussels and
sandcastle worms utilize the advantages of coacervation to deliver concentrated protein-rich …

Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) offer enormous material tunability and desirable
functionalities, and consequently have found broad utility in biomedical and material …

Polyampholytes, which contain both positive and negative charges along the backbone,
represent a classical model system for certain types of 'intrinsically-disordered …