Assessing the Structure and Equilibrium Conditions of Complex Coacervate Core Micelles by Varying Their Shell Composition and Medium Ionic Strength

Complex coacervates result from an associative phase separation commonly involving oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. When this associative interaction occurs between charged-neutral diblock copolymers and oppositely charged homopolymers, a nanometric aggregate called a complex coacervate core mic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 40(2024), 4 vom: 30. Jan., Seite 2015-2027
1. Verfasser: Sabadini, Júlia Bonesso (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Oliveira, Cristiano Luis Pinto, Loh, Watson
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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520 |a Complex coacervates result from an associative phase separation commonly involving oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. When this associative interaction occurs between charged-neutral diblock copolymers and oppositely charged homopolymers, a nanometric aggregate called a complex coacervate core micelle, C3M, is formed. Recent studies have addressed the issue of their thermodynamic or kinetic stability but without a clear consensus. To further investigate this issue, we have studied C3Ms formed by the combination of poly(diallyldimethylammonium) and copolymer poly(acrylamide)-b-poly(acrylate) using different preparation protocols. Dynamic light scattering and small-angle X-ray scattering measurements suggest that these structures are in an equilibrium condition because the aggregates do not vary with different preparation protocols or upon aging. In addition, their stability and structures are critically dependent on several parameters such as the density of neutral blocks in their shell and the ionic strength of the medium. Decreasing the amount of copolymer in the system and, hence, the density of neutral blocks in the shell results in an increase in the aggregate size because of the core growth, although their globular shape is retained. On the other hand, larger clusters of micelles were formed at higher ionic strengths. Partially replacing 77% of the copolymer with a homopolymer of the same charge or increasing the ionic strength of the system (above 100 mmol L-1 NaCl) leads to a metastable state, after which phase separation is eventually observed. SAXS analyses reveal that this phase separation above a certain salt concentration occurs due to the coagulation of individual micelles that seem to retain their individual globular structures. Overall, these results confirm earlier claims that equilibrium C3Ms are achieved close to 1:1 charge stoichiometry but also reveal that these conditions may vary at different shell densities or higher ionic strengths, which constitute vital information for envisioning future applications of C3Ms 
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