2005/01/05 by Jean‐François Berret, J. -F. Berret, P. Herve +21
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization #Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions #FOS: Physical sciences #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) #Surfactants and Colloidal Systems #cond-mat.soft
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0501083
5 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Institute Laue-Langevin Soft Matter Brochure
arxiv created 2005/01/05 · openalex publication_date 2005/01/05 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
During the last 3 years, our group has investigated extensively the complexation mechanism between neutral-polyelectrolyte block copolymers with oppositely charged species. These species are surfactant micelles, multivalent counterions and inorganic nanoparticles. In the three cases, we have established the thermodynamical phase diagram of these systems, and found broad regions where supramolecular aggregates spontaneously form via electrostatic self-assembly. From earlier works, it was suspected that these mixed colloids exhibit a core-shell structure. However, their inner structure was unveiled by us only recently, using a combination of light, neutron and x-ray scattering experiments.