Weak polyelectrolyte brushes

M Geoghegan - Soft Matter, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Weak polyelectrolyte brushes - Soft Matter (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D2SM00005A Royal
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Physicochemical behaviour of cationic polyelectrolyte brushes

JD Willott, TJ Murdoch, GB Webber… - Progress in polymer …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Water soluble cationic polyelectrolytes, composed of chargeable basic monomers, make up
one major subclass of stimuli-responsive polymer brushes. They have displayed potential in …

Superhydrophilic polyelectrolyte brush layers with imparted anti-icing properties: effect of counter ions

S Chernyy, M Järn, K Shimizu, A Swerin… - … applied materials & …, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
This work demonstrates the feasibility of superhydrophilic polyelectrolyte brush coatings for
anti-icing applications. Five different types of ionic and nonionic polymer brush coatings of …

Effect of surfactants on the thermoresponse of PNIPAM investigated in the brush geometry

IJ Gresham, JD Willott, EC Johnson, P Li… - Journal of colloid and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Hypothesis Anionic surfactants have been reported to interact with poly (N-isopropyl
acrylamide)(PNIPAM), suppressing its thermoresponse. Scattering and NMR studies of the …

Neutron reflectivity and small angle neutron scattering: An introduction and perspective on recent progress

J Penfold, RK Thomas - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2014‏ - Elsevier
In recent years both neutron reflectivity, NR, and small angle neutron scattering, SANS, have
been applied to the study of increasingly complex surface and interfacial properties. The …

Surfactant self-assembly structures and multilayer formation at the solid-solution interface induces by electrolyte, polymers and proteins

JT Petkov, J Penfold, RK Thomas - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Recent developments in the study of the formation of self-assembled surfactant structures
and multilayers at the solid-solution interface are presented. It covers a wide range of …

Structure of pH-responsive polymer brushes grown at the gold–water interface: dependence on grafting density and temperature

H Jia, A Wildes, S Titmuss - Macromolecules, 2012‏ - ACS Publications
Poly (2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate)(PDMAEMA) brushes have been grown by
surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) from the gold–water …

Structure and collapse of a surface-grown strong polyelectrolyte brush on sapphire

IE Dunlop, RK Thomas, S Titmus, V Osborne… - Langmuir, 2012‏ - ACS Publications
We have used neutron reflectometry to investigate the behavior of a strong polyelectrolyte
brush on a sapphire substrate, grown by atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) from a …

[HTML][HTML] Illuminating the nanostructure of diffuse interfaces: Recent advances and future directions in reflectometry techniques

H Robertson, IJ Gresham, ARJ Nelson… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Diffuse soft matter interfaces take many forms, from end-tethered polymer brushes or
adsorbed surfactants to self-assembled layers of lipids. These interfaces play crucial roles …

Enrichment of charged monomers explains non-monotonic polymer volume fraction profiles of multi-stimulus responsive copolymer brushes

EC Johnson, JD Willott, IJ Gresham, TJ Murdoch… - Langmuir, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Multi-stimulus responsive poly (2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethyl methacrylate-co-2-(diethylamino)
ethyl methacrylate)[P (MEO2MA-co-DEA)] 80: 20 mol% copolymer brushes were …