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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
28
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-7-10
pubmed:abstractText
Poly(phenyleneethynylene)-based conjugated polyelectrolytes (PPE-SO(3)(-)) are a class of polyions with rigid backbones. This work uses fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to study how the diffusion of complexes, formed between a PPE-SO(3)(-) polyelectrolyte and octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (OTAB) surfactant molecules, changes with OTAB concentration below its critical micelle concentration. The dependence of the hydrodynamic radius of the complexes on the OTAB concentration has three regimes. In the low concentration regime ( C(OTAB)/ C(monomer) < 6), the complex has a size comparable to that of the polymer in deionized water. In the intermediate concentration regime (6 < C(OTAB)/ C(monomer) < 400), the complexes have the largest size and substantial heterogeneity. In the high concentration regime (400 < C(OTAB)/ C(monomer) < 1800), the complexes have a size that is about three times larger than that in the low concentration regime. These results elucidate features of the self-assembly of a polyelectrolyte and an ionic surfactant and show that the C(OTAB)/ C(monomer) concentration ratio controls the composition of polyelectrolyte/surfactant complexes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1520-6106
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
112
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8218-26
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Evolution in the supramolecular complexes between poly(phenylene ethynylene)-based polyelectrolytes and octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide as revealed by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article