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Assembly and Characterization of Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles
Published on: March 2, 2020
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Charge screening wormlike micelles affects extensional relaxation time and noodle formation
Rui Huang1, Daniel McDowall1, Henry Ng2
1School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK. dave.adams@glasgow.ac.uk.
Abstract:
A functionalised dipeptide that self-assembles to form wormlike micelles at high pH can be treated as a surfactant. By varying salt concentration, the self-assembled structures and interactions between them change, resulting in solutions with very different shear and extensional viscosity. From these, gel noodles with different mechanical properties can be prepared.

