Adv Polym Sci (2014) 255: 173–226
DOI: 10.1007/12_2012_182
# Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Published online: 25 January 2013
Advanced Functional Structures Based
on Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes
Dmitry V. Pergushov, Alexey A. Zezin, Alexander B. Zezin,
and Axel H.E. Mu ¨ ller
Abstract This review considers interpolyelectrolyte complexes, with a particular
emphasis on advanced macromolecular co-assemblies based on polyionic species
with nonlinear topology and on polymer–inorganic hybrids formed by interpolyelectrolyte complexes containing metal ions and/or metal nanoparticles.
Keywords Interpolyelectrolyte complexes Á Interpolyelectrolyte reactions Á
Macromolecular co-assembly Á Metal nanoparticles Á Metallo-containing interpolyelectrolyte complexes Á Nanostructures Á Polyelectrolytes Á Polymer–inorganic hybrids
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
2 Formation and Basic Properties of Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
2.1 Peculiarities of IPEC Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
D.V. Pergushov (*) and A.B. Zezin
Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow,
Russia
e-mail: pergush@genebee.msu.ru; pergushov@vms.chem.msu.ru; zezin@genebee.msu.ru
A.A. Zezin
Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow,
Russia
Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117393 Moscow,
Russia
e-mail: aazezin@yandex.ru
A.H.E. Mu ¨ller
Makromolekulare Chemie II and Bayreuther Zentrum fu ¨r Kolloide und Grenzfla ¨chen,
Universita ¨t Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Present address: Institut fu ¨r Organische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universita ¨t Mainz,
55099 Mainz, Germany
e-mail: axel.mueller@uni-bayreuth.de; axel.mueller@uni-mainz.de
DOI: 10.1007/12_2012_182
# Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Published online: 25 January 2013
Advanced Functional Structures Based
on Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes
Dmitry V. Pergushov, Alexey A. Zezin, Alexander B. Zezin,
and Axel H.E. Mu ¨ ller
Abstract This review considers interpolyelectrolyte complexes, with a particular
emphasis on advanced macromolecular co-assemblies based on polyionic species
with nonlinear topology and on polymer–inorganic hybrids formed by interpolyelectrolyte complexes containing metal ions and/or metal nanoparticles.
Keywords Interpolyelectrolyte complexes Á Interpolyelectrolyte reactions Á
Macromolecular co-assembly Á Metal nanoparticles Á Metallo-containing interpolyelectrolyte complexes Á Nanostructures Á Polyelectrolytes Á Polymer–inorganic hybrids
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
2 Formation and Basic Properties of Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
2.1 Peculiarities of IPEC Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
D.V. Pergushov (*) and A.B. Zezin
Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow,
Russia
e-mail: pergush@genebee.msu.ru; pergushov@vms.chem.msu.ru; zezin@genebee.msu.ru
A.A. Zezin
Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow,
Russia
Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117393 Moscow,
Russia
e-mail: aazezin@yandex.ru
A.H.E. Mu ¨ller
Makromolekulare Chemie II and Bayreuther Zentrum fu ¨r Kolloide und Grenzfla ¨chen,
Universita ¨t Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Present address: Institut fu ¨r Organische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universita ¨t Mainz,
55099 Mainz, Germany
e-mail: axel.mueller@uni-bayreuth.de; axel.mueller@uni-mainz.de