MMW
Medium molecular weight
NaPA
Poly(sodium acrylate)
NaPAMPS
Poly(sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonate)
NaPSS
Poly(styrene-p-sodium sulfonate-sodium salt)
NIPEC
Nonstoichiometric interpolyelectrolyte complex dispersion
NPEC
Nonstoichiometric polyelectrolyte complex
OM-PEI
Oligo-maltose-modified PEI
P(MSP)
Poly(maleic acid-co-propylene)
P(MS-α-MeSty)
Poly(maleic acid-co-α-methylstyrene)
PA
Polyanion
PAA
Poly(acrylamide)
PAC
Poly(acrylic acid)
PAE
Polyamideamine epichlorohydrine condensate
PAMPS
Poly(sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonate)
PC
Polycation
PC/D/PA
Polycation/dye/polyanion complexes
PCA5
Polycations containing N,N-dimethyl-2-hydroxypropylene
ammonium chloride
PCA5D1
Polycations containing N,N-dimethyl-2-hydroxypropylene
ammonium chloride with different hydrophobic units
PDADMAC
Poly(N,N-diallyl-N,N-dimethyl-ammonium chloride)
PEC
Polyelectrolyte complex
PEI
Poly(ethyleneimine)
PEL
Polyelectrolytes
PEO
Poly(ethylene oxide)
PI
Polydispersity index
PMADAMBQ
Copolymer of N-methacryloyloxyethyl–N-benzyl-N,Ndimethyl-ammonium chloride
PNIAA
Poly(isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid)
PNIPAAM
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
PNVCL
Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam)
PPEI
Phosphonomethylated derivative of PEI
PR2540
Poly(acrylamide-co-sodium acrylate)
PSC
Polyelectrolyte–surfactant complex
PSS
Poly(styrene sulfonate)
PTMMAC
Poly[NNN-trimethyl-N-(2-methacryloxyethyl) ammonium
chloride]
PVA
Poly(vinyl alcohol)
Quartolan
Dodecyl-amidoethyl-dimethylbencyl-ammonium chloride
SDS
Sodium dodecylsulfate
siRNA
Small interfering RNA
TC
Trash content
TOC
Total organic carbon content
XPS
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
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