Thermodynamic and Rheological Properties of Polyelectrolyte Systems

MANZO RUBEN H.; JIMENEZ KAIRUZ, ALVARO F.; OLIVERA, MARÍA E.; ALOVERO, FABIANA L.; RAMIREZ RIGO, MARÍA V.

Polyelectrolyte: Thermodynamics and Rheology

Springer

Año: 2014; p. 215 - 244

This book emphasizes the rheological description of polyelectrolyte solutions and hydrogels and offers a valuable reference source to graduate and post graduate students, engineering students, research scholars polymer engineers from industry. The book provides the reader with current developments of theoretical models describing the thermodynamics polyelectrolytes as well as experimental findings. A particular emphasis is put on the rheological description of polyelectrolyte solutions and hydrogels. Table of contents: Polyelectrolyte: Thermodynamics and Rheology :State of Art, New Challenges and Opportunities.- Structure and Thermodynamics of Polyelectrolyte Complexes.- Polyelectrolyte: Science and Application.- Polymer Solution: Polyelectrolyte and Phase equilibrium.- Study on Biological Polyelectrolyte?s.- Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels-1 Modelling and Experimental Analysis.- Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels-2: Themodynamics.- Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels-3: Rheologys.- Complexes formation between proteins and polyelectrolytes and its application .- Polyelectrolyte Gels : Thermodynamics - Monte Carlo studies in polyelectrolyte solutions: Structure and Thermodynamic.- Polyelectrolyte complexes: Bridging the ensemble average ? single-molecule strategies