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Polyelectrolyte‐surfactant complexes: Highly ordered microphase‐separated polymers
Author(s) -
Antonietti Markus,
Burger Christian,
Conrad Jürgen,
Kaul Antje
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19961060103
Subject(s) - polyelectrolyte , pulmonary surfactant , polymer , polymer science , materials science , supramolecular chemistry , phase (matter) , precipitation , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , composite material , physics , engineering , meteorology
Polyelectrolyte‐Surfactant complexes (PE‐Surfs) represent a new class of microphase‐separated polymers showing a variety of phase modifications with a high degree of supramolecular order. The complexes are simply made by common precipitation from water and are easy to handle. In addition, they exhibit an exciting combination of product properties coming from the surfactant as well as from the polyelectrolyte side. In this article, an overview of the current work on the solid‐state properties of these materials as well as a personal outlook to future trends is given.