Fabrication of polyelectrolyte complexes based on natural polysaccharides for potential drug-delivery systems
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2024
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Sikach, Alina
Konovalova, Viktoriia
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Polyelectrolyte complexes are materials based on polyelectrolytes with the opposite charge, which, as a rule, are soluble in water. The interaction between polyelectrolytes with the opposite charge leads to the formation of an insoluble substance that can turn into a solid in an aqueous medium. Such a process occurs without the use of organic solvents and is initiated by the dissolution of salt in water, causing the complexation of polyelectrolytes by adjusting pH or salinity.