Interpolyelectrolyte complexes formation in dependence on the nature of polyelectrolytes

摘要

Interpolyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) were obtained starting from polycations with (N,N-dimethyl-2-hydroxypropylenammonium chloride) units in the main chain and sodium salts of the poly(acrylic acid), on one hand, and poly (2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid), on the other hand, as polyanions. The polycations were different as concerns both the content of the quaternary ammonium salt groups and the degree of branching. The polyanions were different both by their structure and molecular weight. The complex formation was followed through the variation of the reduced viscosity and of the conductivity of the reaction medium vs. the unit molar ratio polyanion/polycation in two ranges of concentration. [References: 35]