RT Journal Article
T1 Self-Consistent Mean Field Calculations of Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Mixtures in Solution and upon Adsorption onto Negatively Charged Surfaces
A1 Guzmán Solis, Eduardo
A1 Fernández Peña, Laura
A1 S. Luengo, Gustavo
A1 Rubio Caparrós, Ana María
A1 Rey Gayo, Antonio
A1 Léonforte, Fabien
AB Self-Consistent Mean-Field Calculations (SCF) have provided a semi-quantitative description of the physico-chemical behavior of six different polyelectrolyte-surfactant mixtures. The SCF calculations performed showed that both the formation of polymer-surfactant in bulk and the adsorption of the formed complexes onto negatively-charged surfaces are strongly affected by the specific nature of the considered systems, with the polymer-surfactant interactions playing a central role in the self-assembly of the complexes that, in turn, affects their adsorption onto interfaces and surfaces. This work evidences that SCF calculations are a valuable tool for deepening on the understanding of the complex physico-chemical behavior of polyelectrolyte-surfactant mixtures. However, it is worth noting that the framework obtained on the basis of an SCF approach considered an equilibrium situation which may, in some cases, be far from the real situation appearing in polyelectrolyte-surfactant systems.
PB MDPI
SN 2073-4360
YR 2020
FD 2020-03-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8282
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8282
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid/Banco de Santander
DS Docta Complutense
RD 2 may 2024