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  • Biophysics
  • Materials Science
  • Polymer Chemistry

Background:

  • Biogels are heterogeneous polymer networks with disordered functional groups.
  • Nanoparticle diffusion in biogels is influenced by a mix of attractive and repulsive forces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate charged particle diffusion in gels with mixed electrostatic interactions.
  • Examine the impact of spatial disorder in polymer networks on diffusion.

Main Methods:

  • Coarse-grained simulations to model particle behavior.
  • Theoretical analysis of interaction and spatial disorder.
  • Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to measure diffusion coefficients.

Main Results:

  • Attractive interactions are the primary drivers of particle diffusion in mixed-charge biogels.
  • Charged particles become immobilized due to trapping by oppositely charged sites.
  • Neutral particles exhibit rapid diffusion, unaffected by electrostatic interactions.

Conclusions:

  • Mixed cationic/anionic biogels strongly trap charged particles, regardless of their sign.
  • Even minor fractions of oppositely charged sites significantly impede charged particle movement.
  • Experimental results quantitatively validate theoretical predictions for charged probe diffusion.