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Electrochemical Technology and Polymer Materials

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Analysis and Characterization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 March 2023) | Viewed by 1683

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Wenpo Li

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Guest Editor
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Interests: electrochemical corrosion and protection; green corrosion inhibitor; energy storage materials; in situ elliptical polarization spectroscopy; supercapacitor; electro-deposition; electroplate
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Dr. Bochuan Tan

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School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China
Interests: electrochemistry; corrosion inhibitor; polymer; coating; theoretical calculation; supercapacitor

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Electrochemical technologies are widely used, and they save time and only require simple assembly. These technologies can be used to characterize the properties of materials, such as interface structure, redox reaction, conductivity, reaction or diffusion kinetics, etc. Meanwhile, we can take advantage of electrochemical technologies in order to synthesize functional novel materials that are applied to multiple research fields, such as electrode materials, wastewater treatment, anti-corrosion coatings, photocatalysis, sensors, etc.

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to submit a manuscript related to electrochemical technologies for this Special Issue, which includes papers realted—but not limited—to potentiometry, cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and alternating current impedance. Remarkable contributions including research articles, communications and reviews from experts all over the world are welcome.

Dr. Wenpo Li
Dr. Bochuan Tan
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • electrochemical
  • potentiometry
  • cyclic voltammetry
  • chronoamperometry
  • alternating current impedance
  • electroplate
  • electrodeposition
  • self-assembly

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Changes in Ion Concentrations upon the Binding of Short Polyelectrolytes on Phospholipid Bilayers: Computer Study Addressing Interesting Physiological Consequences
by Tomáš Blovský, Karel Šindelka, Zuzana Limpouchová and Karel Procházka
Polymers 2022, 14(17), 3634; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14173634 - 02 Sep 2022
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This computer study was inspired by the experimental observation of Y. Qian et al. published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2018 that the short positively charged β-peptide chains and their oligomeric analogues efficiently suppress severe medical problems caused by antimicrobial drug-resistant [...] Read more.
This computer study was inspired by the experimental observation of Y. Qian et al. published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2018 that the short positively charged β-peptide chains and their oligomeric analogues efficiently suppress severe medical problems caused by antimicrobial drug-resistant bacteria despite them not penetrating the bacterial membrane. Our coarse-grained molecular dynamics (dissipative particle dynamics) simulations confirm the tentative explanation of the authors of the experimental study that the potent antimicrobial activity is a result of the entropically driven release of divalent ions (mainly magnesium ions essential for the proper biological function of bacteria) into bulk solution upon the electrostatic binding of β-peptides to the bacterial membrane. The study shows that in solutions containing cations Na+, Ca2+ and Mg2+, and anions Cl−, the divalent cations preferentially concentrate close to the membrane and neutralize the negative charge. Upon the addition of positively charged oligomer chains (models of β-peptides and their analogues), the oligomers electrostatically bind to the membrane replacing divalent ions, which are released into bulk solvent. Our simulations indicate that the entropy of small ions (which controls the behavior of synthetic polyelectrolyte solutions) plays an important role in this and also in other similar biologically important systems. Full article
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