TY - BOOK AU - P.M.,Visakh AU - Bayraktar,Oguz AU - Picó,Guillermo Alfredo ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Polyelectrolytes: Thermodynamics and Rheology T2 - Engineering Materials, SN - 9783319016801 AV - TA404.6 U1 - 620.11 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Polymers KW - engineering KW - Surfaces (Physics) KW - Materials Science KW - Characterization and Evaluation of Materials KW - Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer KW - Polymer Sciences N1 - Polyelectrolyte: Thermodynamics and Rheology -- Structure and Thermodynamics of Polyelectrolyte Complexes -- Polyelectrolyte: Science and Application -- Biological polyelectrolytes:  Solutions, Gels, Intermolecular complexes and nanoparticles -- Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels: Thermodynamics -- Thermodynamic and rheological properties of polyelectrolyte systems -- Complexes formation between proteins and polyelectrolytes and their application in the downstream processes of enzyme purification -- Polyelectrolyte complexes: Bridging the ensemble average – single-molecule strategies -- Stratified Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes: Fabrication, Structure and Properties -- Monte Carlo Studies in Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Structure and Thermodynamics --   N2 - This book offers a valuable reference source to graduate and post graduate students, engineering students, research scholars polymer engineers from industry. The book provides the reader with current developments of theoretical models describing the thermodynamics polyelectrolytes as well as experimental findings. A particular emphasis is put on the rheological description of polyelectrolyte solutions and hydrogels.  UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01680-1 ER -