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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 360, Issue 2, Pages 580-585Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.04.106
Keywords
Polyethylenimine; Electrophoresis; Dynamic light scattering; Overcharging; Aggregation; Flocculation; Coagulation
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- Swiss National Science Foundation
- University of Geneva
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Charging properties and colloidal stability of negatively charged polystyrene latex particles were investigated in the presence of linear poly(ethylene imine) (LPEI) of different molecular masses by electrophoresis and dynamic light scattering (DLS). Electrophoretic mobility measurements illustrate that LPEI strongly adsorbs on these particles leading to charge neutralization at isoelectric point (IEP) and charge reversal. Time-resolved DLS experiments indicate that the aggregation of the latex particles is rapid near the IEP and slows down away from this point. Surprisingly, the colloidal stability does not depend on the molecular mass, which indicates that the adsorbed LPEI layer is rather homogeneous. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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