This book offers a valuable reference source to graduate and post graduate students, engineering students, research scholars polymer engineers from industry. The book provides the reader with current developments of theoretical models describing the thermodynamics polyelectrolytes as well as experimental findings. A particular emphasis is put on the rheological description of polyelectrolyte solutions and hydrogels.

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Polyelectrolyte: Thermodynamics and Rheology.- Structure and Thermodynamics of Polyelectrolyte Complexes.- Polyelectrolyte: Science and Application.- Biological polyelectrolytes: Solutions, Gels, Intermolecular complexes and nanoparticles.- Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels: Thermodynamics.- Thermodynamic and rheological properties of polyelectrolyte systems.- Complexes formation between proteins and polyelectrolytes and their application in the downstream processes of enzyme purification.- Polyelectrolyte complexes: Bridging the ensemble average single-molecule strategies.- Stratified Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes: Fabrication, Structure and Properties.- Monte Carlo Studies in Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Structure and Thermodynamics.- ****