Role of hydration effects in driving ion binding to polyelectrolyte brushes and chains: a perspective
Abstract
simulation results on counterion binding to PE chains and brushes from a large number of studies and establish the validity of our hypothesis by testing it against the findings of these studies. Finally, we identify the possible applications of our proposed hypothesis (in terms of designing systems that involve PE brushes and chains) and machine learning and density functional theory calculations that can further strengthen our understanding of the PE-counterion binding events.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions
Hydrogels: synthesis
properties
applications
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Soft Matter
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 25
- Pages
- 4296–4310
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN