Understanding the fundamentals of designing polyelectrolyte coatings, which can be seen as a bio-inspired approach due to chemical sequences that are analogous to proteins at a molecular level, ...

MEMBRANE equilibria, involving a macromolecule, impermeable through the membrane, and a permeable salt, were first investigated by Donnan 1. He found that at equilibrium the salt was unevenly ...

Figure 1: Scanning electron microscope image of an LbL assembly of polystyrene nanoparticles bearing sulphonate groups on a stainless-steel surface. Another interesting finding of this work 2 is ...

Lin Han obtained his BE degree from Tsinghua University in Beijing, P. R. China, and his PhD degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the area of Bio- and Polymeric Materials. After ...

This monograph, by a world expert in the field, is unique in providing a self-contained tutorial approach that begins with the basic of electrostatics, polymer conformations, and solution ...