The effect of divalent ions to the phase behaviour of homogenous polyelectrolytes in solution

• Main Author: Heng, Michelle Jin Yee
• Other Authors: Yu Jing
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76733
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Studies performed on strong polyelectrolyte, sodium polystyrene sulfonate (NaPSS), show that their stability in presence of divalent counterions depends on the type of divalent cation used. The interactions of the polyelectrolyte with divalent counterions are of electrostatic origin and phase diagra...