Exchange kinetics of complex coacervates core micelles

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Coacervates have been studied for a long time for their unusual properties: they are dense networks of charged polymers that are soluble in water. Instead of flocculating when exposed to high salt concentrations, they dissolve. They are fully permeable to water, yet they are capable of strongly binding heavy metals or large (bio-)molecules , making them useful for wastewater purification, coatings, and as drug carriers. By modifying them to form micelles, the micelle cores become small coacervate networks; Complex Coacervate Core Micelles (C3Ms). Unlike gels, they are dispersed into solution easily. The structure of C3Ms is quite well known, but exchange kinetics of the polymers between micelles is nearly unknown. Understanding these kinetics by direct observation with SANS is important to assess the stability of these micelles for their applications in non-ideal, real-life environments.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.61779990
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/61779990
Provenance
Creator Dr Wim Bouwman; Dr Robert Dalgliesh; Dr Ad van Well; Mr Jurrian Bakker; Professor Katia Pappas; Dr Ilja Voets
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2018
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-07-02T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-07-05T07:59:00Z