Polyelectrolytes

Naturally occurring or artificially made water-soluble POLYMERS whose repeating units are ionizable. Polyelectrolytes demonstrate attributes that are typical of salts, such as electrical conductivity, and typical of polymers, such as viscosity.

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Networked: 363 relevant articles (13 outcomes, 48 trials/studies)

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Bio-Agent Context: Research Results

Experts

1.	Park, Tae Gwan: 9 articles (03/2010 - 01/2005)
2.	Kim, Sun Hwa: 7 articles (07/2009 - 01/2005)
3.	Voegel, Jean-Claude: 6 articles (01/2013 - 01/2002)
4.	Liu, Bin: 5 articles (07/2018 - 08/2011)
5.	Leporatti, Stefano: 5 articles (08/2012 - 04/2010)
6.	Lee, Soo Hyeon: 5 articles (03/2010 - 07/2008)
7.	Jeong, Ji Hoon: 5 articles (11/2008 - 01/2005)
8.	Kim, Sung Wan: 5 articles (11/2008 - 01/2005)
9.	Szczepanowicz, Krzysztof: 4 articles (01/2022 - 07/2016)
10.	Jewell, Christopher M: 4 articles (01/2020 - 12/2015)

Related Diseases

1.	Neoplasms (Cancer) 08/01/2014 - "The purpose of this study was to investigate the targeting efficiency of Bacillus subtilis bacterial cells coated with modified polyelectrolyte shells applied to protect the bacterial cells from potential host immune response as well as to enhance the tumor-targeting efficiency. " 11/02/2023 - "Polyelectrolyte capsules (PCs) are a promising tool for anticancer drug delivery and tumor targeting. " 11/13/2019 - "We fabricated magnetic layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembled polyelectrolyte sub-micrometer capsules using three different approaches, and we studied their heating efficiency as obtained in aqueous dispersions and after internalization by tumor cells. " 11/01/2018 - "Polyelectrolyte capsules with the shell architectonics (PAH/PSS)3 and (PAH/PSS)3PAH in the examined concentration range had no effect on the viability of macrophages and tumor cells. " 06/01/2017 - "Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes as a Novel Platform for Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement and Passive Tumor Targeting."
2.	Wounds and Injuries (Trauma) 11/30/2013 - "Thus, the polyelectrolyte thin film reported in our study has significant potential in the field of remote activated drug delivery, antibacterial coatings and wound dressings. " 01/06/2020 - "A critical issue with polyelectrolyte-based BMPs is that their effective translation to wound dressing platforms has yet to be realised due to the unmet challenges faced when mimicking the complex and dynamic wound environment. " 07/20/2019 - "A biocompatible and easy-to-make polyelectrolyte dressing with tunable drug delivery properties for wound care." 12/01/2018 - "The obtained polyelectrolyte complexes were able to prevent the growth of both Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa on their surfaces, being considered potentially effective wound dressings." 07/15/2018 - "The polyelectrolyte complexes at pH 6 with Ca2+ were stable, showed high water absorption, satisfactory morphology, pore size and rigidity, characteristics that allowed significant human fibroblast migration in wound closure in vitro assays."
3.	Breast Neoplasms (Breast Cancer) 01/01/2021 - "The aim of this study was to pursue a selective delivery of magnetic biodegradable polyelectrolyte capsules in a mouse breast cancer model, using an external magnetic field. " 06/01/2005 - "The objective of this study was to investigate the interactions of polyelectrolyte shells ( approximately 1 mum in diameter) with MCF-7 breast cancer cells and identify key parameters that affect such interactions. " 01/01/2022 - "The core-shell polyelectrolyte nanocarriers were intravenously administered to healthy BALB/c mice with breast cancer. " 01/01/2018 - "Stimuli responsive polyelectrolyte nanoparticles have been developed for chemo-photothermal destruction of breast cancer cells. " 01/01/2017 - "Here, we engineered a biomimetic tumoral niche made of a thin and soft polyelectrolyte film that can retain SDF-1α to present it, in a spatially-controlled manner, at the ventral side of the breast cancer cells. "
4.	Dehydration (Water Stress) 05/01/2019 - "The present study is the first parasitological investigation conducted on a large number of samples (92 samples) taken from various types of municipal sewage treatment plants located throughout Poland (16 regions) after the common introduction of polyelectrolytes during sewage sludge dehydration. " 09/15/2015 - "Thermal Transitions in Polyelectrolyte Assemblies Occur via a Dehydration Mechanism." 09/09/2015 - "Polyelectrolytes have been investigated as nanoparticle stabilizers, but typically fail at high ionic strengths and elevated temperatures due to excessive charge screening and dehydration. " 10/27/2020 - "Here, we investigate dehydration/rehydration of complex coacervates, which are membraneless compartments formed by phase separation of polyelectrolyte solutions. " 12/19/2019 - "It was shown that the PAN-supported membrane with the selective layer based on PVA/PAH modified by 10 polyelectrolyte PSS/PAH bilayers possessed ~4.5 times higher permeation flux with the same high selectivity level (99.9 wt % water in the permeate) for the dehydration of the isopropanol (20 wt % water) at 60 °C compared to the commercial analog PERVAPTM 1201."
5.	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) 01/01/2007 - "The combined use of nanoparticle and polyelectrolyte as retention aids in pulp and paper industry tend to give better flocculation (retention) and drainage (dewatering) than conventional polyelectrolyte flocculation. " 08/01/2007 - "With the addition of polyelectrolytes as coagulant aids, the coagulation performance is significantly improved. " 10/13/2023 - "Overall, this work provides a machine-learned model to probe the structural, dynamic, and rheological properties of polyelectrolytes such as NaPSS and aids in the design of novel, strongly charged polymers with tunable structural and viscoelastic properties." 01/01/2018 - "This work aids our understanding of the most fundamental basis of the physicochemical behavior of concentrated polyelectrolyte-surfactant mixtures which present complex bulk and interfacial interactions with interest in both basic and applied sciences." 11/20/2013 - "This engineering relationship aids in the rational design of oppositely charged polyelectrolyte-surfactant formulations for consumer products and biomedicines by enabling the prediction of binding strengths in polyelectrolyte-surfactant mixtures based on mesoscale parameters determined from the chemical composition. "

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