Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Gel phase formation in dilute triblock copolyelectrolyte complexes

  • Samanvaya Srivastava,
  • Marat Andreev,
  • Adam E. Levi,
  • David J. Goldfeld,
  • Jun Mao,
  • William T. Heller,
  • Vivek M. Prabhu,
  • Juan J. de Pablo,
  • Matthew V. Tirrell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14131
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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At low concentration, uncharged amphiphilic block copolymers form discrete micelles. Here the authors show that triblock copolyelectrolytes can form phase separated gels at low concentrations, which can be useful in applications, such as, tissue engineering and water purification.