Counterion-Mediated Hydrogen Bonding Making Strong Polyelectrolytes pH-Responsive:Current Understanding and Perspectives  

作　　者：Yue Huang Guang-Tao Mei Zan Hua Guang-Ming Liu 

机构地区：[1]Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale,Department of Chemical Physics,Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes,University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei,230026,China [2]The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids,Ministry of Education,and Department of Materials Chemistry,School of Chemistry and Materials Science,Anhui Normal University,Wuhu,214002,China

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Polymer Science》2024年第9期1270-1277,I0005,共9页高分子科学（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22273098,52033001,22373003 and 22103002);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.WK2480000007).

摘　　要：The counterion-mediated hydrogen bonding(CMHB)is related to the hydrogen bonding between bound counterions and polyelectrolyte chains in polyelectrolyte systems,where the counterions can both electrostatically bind to the charged groups of polyelectrolyte chains and act as hydrogen bond donors or acceptors to form hydrogen bonds with the hydrogen bond sites associated with polyelectrolyte chains simultaneously.A large number of literatures illustrate that strong polyelectrolytes(SPs)are insensitive to pH,which severely limmits the applications of SPs as smart materials.However,our studies have demonstrated that the CMHB makes SPs pH-responsive.This perspective discusses the mechanism of pH responsiveness of SPs and the pH-tunable properties of SPs,based on the pH-controlled CMHB effect.The future research directions on the pH responsiveness of SPs are also discussed here.It is anticipated that the study of the pH responsiveness of SPs not only will provide a new understanding of the fundamental properties of SPs,but also will greatly expand the applications of SPs in the field of smart materials.

关 键 词：Counterion binding Hydrogen bond Polyelectrolyte brush Polyelectrolyte complexation 

分 类 号：TQ317[化学工程—高聚物工业]