Aquaporin-Containing Proteopolymersomes in Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Membranes

Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Capsule: a Review

Polyelectrolyte Adsorption and Multilayer Formation

In this chapter, we review our recent theoretical work on the formation of polyelectrolyte multilayers. The first layer is obtained by polyelectrolyte adsorption on a surface with an opposite charge. The adsorbed polyelectrolyte charge is sufficient to invert the charge of the surface. Each subsequent layer is bound to the previous one by the formation of a polyelectrolyte complex. Using a Deby...

Elasticity of polyelectrolyte multilayer microcapsules.

We present a novel approach to probe elastic properties of polyelectrolyte multilayer microcapsules. The method is based on measurements of the capsule load-deformation curves with the atomic force microscope. The experiment suggests that at low applied load deformations of the capsule shell are elastic. Using elastic theory of membranes we relate force, deformation, elastic moduli, and charact...

Selectivity of Polyelectrolyte Membranes

The major factors contributing to the selectivity of charged synthetic membranes are discussed. Transport through porous polyelectrolyte membranes, containing water-filled interstices, can be predicted approximately from Donnan equilibria, representing the interaction between polyelectrolyte and counter-ions by "ion-binding". A simple relation between permselectivity and maximal salt rejection ...

pH-Responsive Host–Guest Complexation in Pillar[6]arene-Containing Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films

A water-soluble, anionic pillar[6]arene derivative (WP6) is applied as monomeric building block for the layer-by-layer self-assembly of thin polyelectrolyte multilayer films, and its pH-dependent host–guest properties are employed for the reversible binding and release of a methylviologen guest molecule. The alternating assembly of anionic WP6 and cationic diazo resin (DAR) is monitored in-situ...