Synthetic polyelectrolyte models for understanding partitioning in polyelectrolyte complex coacervates
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Polyelectrolyte complex coacervates (PECs) are liquid-like droplets that are formed from mixing oppositely charged polyelectrolytes and are important in biology, food science, and personal care products. Since the first observation of coacervation almost a century ago, there have been several efforts to understand what molecular features affect coacervate stability. However, the physical rules for how PECs selectively partition species remains an unresolved question. In this thesis, I used dye-labeled polyelectrolytes prepared by RAFT polymerization and ICP-MS to understand the partitioning of added divalent salt and its effect on polyelectrolyte partitioning. In the third chapter, I used dye-labeled polyelectrolytes prepared from ATRP, RAFT, and NCA ring-opening polymerizations to understand how the molecular weight of polyelectrolytes affects their partitioning in the coacervate phase. I also used fluorescence microscopy to understand the replacement dynamics of PECs and PECs with an added enzyme. These studies shed light on our understanding of the physical rules for partitioning of components in PECs.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2023; ©2023 |
| Publication date | 2023; 2023 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Barker, Kayla Patricia |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Xia, Yan, 1980- |
| Thesis advisor | Xia, Yan, 1980- |
| Thesis advisor | Kool, Eric T |
| Thesis advisor | Qin, Jian, (Professor of Chemical Engineering) |
| Degree committee member | Kool, Eric T |
| Degree committee member | Qin, Jian, (Professor of Chemical Engineering) |
| Associated with | Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Chemistry |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Kayla Patricia Barker. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Chemistry. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2023. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/yn858fp4367 |
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- Copyright
- © 2023 by Kayla Patricia Barker
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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