Polyelectrolyte complexation is increasingly recognized as a route to new materials, as a new tool for self-assembly, and as a frequent player in biological structures, from the cellular to the organismal level. We have fully elucidated the phase diagram for polyelectrolyte complexes in which only ionic and chain connectivity play a role. We have also begun to explore the effects of chirality, hydrophobicity, hydrogen bonding, salt concentration and other influences on the phase behavior of complexation. All of these factors can determine whether complexation occurs and if it does whether the separated dense phase has solid or fluid character, and, if solid whether it is gel, glassy, or jammed. This talk will discuss the full range of phase behavior derived from polyelectrolyte complexation.

Understanding phase behavior in polyelectrolyte complexation

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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