Critical Conditions Regulating the Gelation in Macroionic Cluster Solutions

Abstract: The critical gelation conditions observed in dilute aqueous solutions of multiple nanoscale uranyl peroxide molecular clusters are reported, in the presence of multivalent cations. This gelation is dominantly driven by counterion‐mediated attraction. The gelation areas in the corresponding phase diagrams all appear in similar locations, with a characteristic triangle shape outlining three critical boundary conditions, corresponding to the critical cluster concentration, cation/cluster ratio, and the degree of counterion association with increasing cluster concentration. These interesting phrasal observations reveal general conditions for gelation driven by electrostatic interactions in hydrophilic macroionic solutions.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Critical Conditions Regulating the Gelation in Macroionic Cluster Solutions ; day:02 ; month:03 ; year:2024 ; extent:7
Advanced science ; (02.03.2024) (gesamt 7)

Creator
Xu, Xiaohan
Yang, Yuqing
Zhou, Yifan
Xiao, Kexing
Szymanowski, Jennifer E. S.
Sigmon, Ginger E.
Burns, Peter C.
Liu, Tianbo

DOI
10.1002/advs.202308902
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024030314032346246247
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  • Xu, Xiaohan
  • Yang, Yuqing
  • Zhou, Yifan
  • Xiao, Kexing
  • Szymanowski, Jennifer E. S.
  • Sigmon, Ginger E.
  • Burns, Peter C.
  • Liu, Tianbo

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