Polyallylamine polyelectrolyte

The penetration of ions from the subphase into the shell of spread particles is a general phenomenon and can be used to modify and functionalize the particle surface. For example, metal ions, such as Ba and Fe, or cationic polyelectrolytes, such as the polycation of polyallylamine, can be adsorbed at anionic particles, while anionic water-soluble dyes, such as phthalocyanine tetrasulfonic acid and 1.4-diketo-3.6-diphenylpyrrolo[3.4-c]pyrrole-4, 4 -disulfonic acid (DPPS) [157], can be adsorbed at cationic particles. However, since only a monolayer of the dye is adsorbed, a deep coloration of the particles is not obtained unless a dye with very high absorption coefficient is used [156],... 

Serizawa and Akashi [95] analyzed the monolayer adsorption of polystyrene latex particles with cationic polyvinylamine grafted on their surface, while Serizawa et al. [96,97] used commercial anionic latex particles. Both types of particles were adsorbed on polyelectrolyte-coated substrates previously prepared by alternating adsorption of cationic and anionic polyelectrolytes such as polyallylamine hydrochloride (PAH) and polystyrene sulfonate sodium salt (PSS) according to the method described by Decher [164]. Using... 

In the presence of the polyelectrolyte polyallylamine hydrochloride (PAAN), the formation of a pearl-necklace structure between AOT-reversed micelles and PAAN was... 

Figure 12.5 (a) Layer-by-layer deposition of glucose oxidase and the polyallylamine Os3 +n + -polypyridine polyelectrolyte on the electrode, (b) Typical catalytic current responses for different glucose concentrations obtained by self-assembled nanostructured thin films based on different architectures (i) PAH/Os/GOx, (ii) cysteamine/GOx/PAH-Os, (iii) PAH/GOx/ -Os, and (iv) (PAH-Os)2/(GOx)i. All measurements were performed in 0.1 M tris buffer at pH 7.5. Part (b) Reproduced with permission from Ref. 34a. Copyright Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA. 

We used polyelectrolyte multilayer formed from polyallylamine hydrochloride (PAH) and PSS successfully for templating deposition of colloidal particles, as displayed in Fig. 12. The wavelength of the wrinkles was adjusted by the number of polyelectrolyte deposition cycles and, accordingly, single lines of particles or double lines, as well as other geometries, could be achieved [70],... 

Soc., 1999, 121, 3435 T. Hoshi, H. Saiki, S. Kuwazawa, Y. Kobayama and A. Anzai, Polyelectrolyte multilayer film-coated electrodes for amperometric determination of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of ascorbic acid, uric acid and acetaminophen, Anal. Sci., 2000, 16, 1009 E.S. Forzani, VM. Solis and E.J. Calvo, Electrochemical behavior of polyphenol oxidase immobilized in self-assembled structures layer by layer with cationic polyallylamine, Anal. Chem., 2000, 72, 5300 Y.M. Lvov, Z. Lu, J.B. Schenkman, X. Zu and J.F. Rusling, Direct electrochemistry of myoglobin and cytochrome P450cam in alternate layer-by-layer film with DNA and other polyions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 4073. 

It has been shown [17] that the removal of the excess cationic polyelectrolyte led to a somewhat greater adsorption of complexes of polyallylamine hydrochloride (PAH) and polyacryhc acid (PAA) onto Si02 surfaces in water, with a net cationic charge and a degree of neutralization of 0.8, since the excess PAH diffused more rapidly to the surface and was adsorbed before the larger colloidal complexes could be adsorbed. When the PAH was removed, the complex adsorption dominated and the adsorbed amount thus increased. Similar results were found for the adsorption of cationic lattices onto cellulose fibres with an excess of cationic polyelectrolyte in solution [18], where it was found that a large excess of the cationic polyelectrolyte severely affected the amount adsorbed. Both these results show that the amount of free cationic polyelectrolyte in solution must be controlled in order to safely elucidate the mechanisms behind the adsorption of PEC onto any surface. 

Transmission electron microscopy of ultrathin sections and confocal laser scanning microscopy were used to study the distribution of proteins within polyelectrolyte microcapsules. Since obtaining quality images using transmission electron microscopy is possible in case studies of electron dense objects, the iron containing protein, ferritin, with a value of p/ 4.7, was selected for encapsulation. Polyelectrolytes polyallylamine (PAA) and polystyrene (PSS) that were used have values of ioniza-... 

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