Recent progress in the science of complex coacervation

CE Sing, SL Perry - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Complex coacervation is an associative, liquid–liquid phase separation that can occur in
solutions of oppositely-charged macromolecular species, such as proteins, polymers, and …

Supramolecular polymer networks: hydrogels and bulk materials

L Voorhaar, R Hoogenboom - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular polymer networks are materials crosslinked by reversible supramolecular
interactions, such as hydrogen bonding or electrostatic interactions. Supramolecular …

Phase behavior and salt partitioning in polyelectrolyte complex coacervates

L Li, S Srivastava, M Andreev, AB Marciel… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polyelectrolyte complexes are omnipresent both in nature and in the technological world,
including nucleotide condensates, biological marine adhesives, food stabilizers …

Sequence and entropy-based control of complex coacervates

LW Chang, TK Lytle, M Radhakrishna… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Biomacromolecules rely on the precise placement of monomers to encode information for
structure, function, and physiology. Efforts to emulate this complexity via the synthetic control …

Polyelectrolyte complex coacervation across a broad range of charge densities

AE Neitzel, YN Fang, B Yu, AM Rumyantsev… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polyelectrolyte complex coacervates of homologous (co) polyelectrolytes with a near-ideally
random distribution of a charged and neutral ethylene oxide comonomer were synthesized …

Complex coacervate‐based materials for biomedicine

WC Blocher, SL Perry - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
There has been increasing interest in complex coacervates for deriving and transporting
biomaterials. Complex coacervates are a dense, polyelectrolyte‐rich liquid that results from …

Development of the modern theory of polymeric complex coacervation

CE Sing - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2017 - Elsevier
Oppositely charged polymers can undergo the process of complex coacervation, which
refers to a liquid–liquid phase separation driven by electrostatic attraction. These materials …

Chirality-selected phase behaviour in ionic polypeptide complexes

SL Perry, L Leon, KQ Hoffmann, MJ Kade… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Polyelectrolyte complexes present new opportunities for self-assembled soft matter. Factors
determining whether the phase of the complex is solid or liquid remain unclear. Ionic …

The effect of salt on the complex coacervation of vinyl polyelectrolytes

SL Perry, Y Li, D Priftis, L Leon, M Tirrell - Polymers, 2014 - mdpi.com
Complex coacervation is an electrostatically-driven phase separation phenomenon that is
utilized in a wide range of everyday applications and is of great interest for the creation of …

Protein encapsulation using complex coacervates: what nature has to teach us

WC Blocher McTigue, SL Perry - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Protein encapsulation is a growing area of interest, particularly in the fields of food science
and medicine. The sequestration of protein cargoes is achieved using a variety of methods …