activity
20072021
most citedEvidence of a two-step process and pathway dependency in the thermodynamics of poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride)/poly(sodium acrylate) complexation

125 citations · 269 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

9 papers

cond-mat.soft2021★ 5 cited

The desalting/salting pathway: a route to form metastable aggre-gates with tuneable morphologies and lifetimes

Sumit Mehan, Laure Herrmann, Jean-Paul Chapel +3

We investigate the formation/re-dissociation mechanisms of hybrid complexes made from negatively charged PAA2k coated γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles (NP) and positively charged polycations…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 125 cited

Evidence of a two-step process and pathway dependency in the thermodynamics of poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride)/poly(sodium acrylate) complexation

L. Vitorazi, N. Ould-Moussa, S. Sekar +4

Recent studies have pointed the importance of polyelectrolyte assembly in the elaboration of innovative nanomaterials. Beyond their structures, many important questions on the ther…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 7 cited

Surfactant-triggered disassembly of electrostatic complexes probed at optical and quartz crystal microbalance length scales

N. Schonbeck, K. Kvale, T. Demarcy +3

A critical advantage of electrostatic assemblies over covalent and crystalline bound materials is that associated structures can be disassembled into their original constituents. N…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2013★ 43 cited

Interfacial activity of phosphonated-polyethylene glycol functionalized cerium oxide nanoparticles

L. Qi, J. Fresnais, P. Muller +3

In a recent publication, we have highlighted the potential of phosphonic acid terminated PEG oligomers to functionalize strong UV absorption cerium oxide nanoparticles[1], which yi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2011★ 54 cited

Magnetic nanowires generated via the waterborne desalting transition pathway

M. Yan, J. Fresnais, S. Sekar +2

We report a simple and versatile waterborne synthesis of magnetic nanowires following the innovative concept of electrostatic "desalting transition". Highly persistent superparamag…

cond-mat.soft2009★ 35 cited

Universal scattering behavior of co-assembled nanoparticle-polymer clusters

J. Fresnais, J. -F. Berret, L. Qi +7

Water-soluble clusters made from 7 nm inorganic nanoparticles have been investigated by small-angle neutron scattering. The internal structure factor of the clusters was derived an…