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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 29, Number 1
BKCSDE 29(1)
January 20, 2008 

 
Title
Aggregation Processes of a Weak Polyelectrolyte, Poly(allylamine) Hydrochloride
Author
Jaejung Park, Young-Wook Choi, KyungBae Kim, Hoeil Chung, Daewon Sohn*
Keywords
Flocculation, Homogeneity parameter, Polyelectrolyte, Probe charge effect, pH dependence
Abstract
Poly(allylamine) hydrochloride is a weak cationic polyelectrolyte that exhibits different aggregation properties at different solution pH values and aging times. Specifically, after several days aging in a pH 3 buffer, less than 1 mg/mL poly(allylamine) hydrochloride became turbid, and the hydrodynamic radius increased with a single diffusion mode. However, the hydrodynamic radius did not change at high concentrations. The dynamic processes of polymer aggregations at different pH values were verified by a light scattering and zeta-potential apparatus. The major interaction was caused by the capturing of counterions by the polyelectrolyte, which generates electrostatic, hydrophobic and cation-π interactions.
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