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Organic versus Hybrid Coacervate Complexes : Co-Assembly and Adsorption Properties

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We report the co-assembly and adsorption properties of coacervate complexes made from polyelectrolyte-neutral block copolymers and oppositely charged nanocolloids. The nanocolloids put under scrutiny were ionic surfactant micelles and highly charged 7 nm cerium oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles. Static and dynamic light scattering was used to investigate the microstructure and stability of the organic and hybrid complexes. The microstructure of the CeO2-based complexes was resolved using cryogenic transmission electronic microscopy (Cryo-TEM), and it revealed that the cores were clusters made from densely packed nanoparticles. In the concentration range of interest, c = 10-4 - 1 wt. %, the surfactant-based complexes were shown to exhibit a critical association concentration (cac) whereas the nanoparticle-polymer hybrids did not. The adsorption properties of the same complexes were investigated above the cac by stagnation point adsorption reflectometry. The adsorbed amount was measured as a function of time for polymers and complexes using anionically charged silica and hydrophobic poly(styrene) substrates. It was found that all complexes adsorbed readily on both types of substrates up to a level of 1 - 2 mg m-2 at stationary state. Upon rinsing however, the adsorbed layer was removed for the surfactant-based systems, but not for the cerium oxide clusters. As for the solution properties, these finding were interpreted in terms of a critical association concentrations which are very different for organic and hybrid complexes.
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Ling Qi, Jean-Paul Chapel, Jean-Christophe Castaing, Jérôme Fresnais, Jean-François Berret. Organic versus Hybrid Coacervate Complexes : Co-Assembly and Adsorption Properties. Soft Matter, 2008, 3, ⟨10.1039/B716178F⟩. ⟨hal-00417670⟩
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