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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Weak Polyelectrolytes as Nanoarchitectonic Design Tools for Functional Materials: A Review of Recent Achievements.

Noelia M Sanchez-Ballester, Flavien Sciortino, Sajjad Husain Mir, Gaulthier Rydzek

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Noelia M Sanchez-BallesterICGM, CNRS, ENSCM, University of Montpellier, 34000 Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1614-4773
Flavien SciortinoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
Sajjad Husain MirSchool of Chemistry and Advanced Materials & BioEngineering Research (AMBER) Center, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, D02 PN40 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-8416-3891
Gaulthier RydzekICGM, CNRS, ENSCM, University of Montpellier, 34000 Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0002-2901-3441

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ionization degree, charge density, and conformation of weak polyelectrolytes can be adjusted through adjusting the pH and ionic strength stimuli. Such polymers thus offer a range of reversible interactions, including electrostatic complexation, H-bonding, and hydrophobic interactions, which position weak polyelectrolytes as key nano-units for the design of dynamic systems with precise structures, compositions, and responses to stimuli. The purpose of this review article is to discuss recent examples of nanoarchitectonic systems and applications that use weak polyelectrolytes as smart components. Surface platforms (electrodeposited films, brushes), multilayers (coatings and capsules), processed polyelectrolyte complexes (gels and membranes), and pharmaceutical vectors from both synthetic or natural-type weak polyelectrolytes are discussed. Finally, the increasing significance of block copolymers with weak polyion blocks is discussed with respect to the design of nanovectors by micellization and film/membrane nanopatterning via phase separation.

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ElectrolytesPolymersHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationPolyelectrolytesSurface PropertiesElectrolytesPolyelectrolytesPolymersblock copolymerelectrodepositionLbLnanostructured materialspharmaceutical vectorspolyelectrolyte filmspolymer materialsself-assembly

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PMID35630741
PMCPMC9145934

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