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Assembly and Characterization of Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles
Published on: March 2, 2020
Layer-by-layer assembly of polyelectrolytes on hydrophobic particles in aqueous milieu for efficient dye removal
Bo Wang1, Tengyue Fu1, Chongling Cheng2
1State Key Laboratory for Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, China. wangdayang@jlu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Layer-by-layer assembly of strong polyelectrolytes was successfully implemented on hydrophobic particles in degassed saline water thanks to de-gassing-reduced hydrophobic interactions and salinity-reduced hydration. The resulting polyelectrolyte multilayer coated particles were readily converted to hydrophobic yolk/hydrophilic shell particles for the removal of organic dyes from water via both electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions.

