The effect of surface charge on the electron transfer and charge propagation in layer by layer (LbL) electrostatically self-assembled redox poly-electrolyte multilayers (PEMs) has been studied. Thin films comprised of ...

This work applies a molecular theory to study the formation of lateral self-assembled aggregates in mixed brushes composed of polyanion and polycation chains. In order to overcome the well-known limitations of mean-field ...

A novel procedure based on the addition of polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) onto the pulp containing lignocellulosic micro/nanofibers (LCMNF) is presented. This procedure allows increasing paper strength avoiding an excessive ...

Aqueous reverse micelles (RMs) generated with the ionic liquid (IL)-surfactant 1-methylimidazolium bis-(2-ethylhexyl)phosphate (imim-DEHP) and the biocompatible solvents methyl laurate (ML) and isopropyl myristate (IPM) ...

Solid-state nanochannels have attracted substantial attention of the scientific community due to their remarkable control of ionic transport and the feasibility to regulate the iontronic output by different stimuli. Most ...

Interactions between a model protein (bovine serum albumin-BSA) and the cationic polyelectrolyte, chitosan (Chi), have been characterized by turbidimetry, circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy. It has been found ...

In the current review, compositional data on fucoidans extracted from more than hundred different species were surveyed through the available literature. The analysis of crude extracts, purified extracts or carefully ...

In this work, the ethanol adsorption on a perfect MgO(1 0 0) surface, and also on topologic surface defects of MgO, is studied. Terrace, edge and corner sites were analyzed, whose O and Mg ions are five, four and three ...