On Conditions of Formation of Hollow Particles by an Interpolylectrolyte Complex

AA Glagoleva and VV Vasilevskaya, POLYMER SCIENCE SERIES A, 61, 780-788 (2019).

DOI: 10.1134/S0965545X19060038

Interpolyelectrolyte complexes formed by linear oppositely charged macromolecules with different affinities for a solvent are studied for the first time using the computer experiment method. It is shown that such complexes self-organize into structures, on the surface of which solvophilic groups are predominantly located. These can be dense spherical particles, hollow vesicle-like particles, and hollow particles with perforated shells. The detailed structure of the obtained morphologies is determined.

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