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Abstract
Naturally occurring or artificially made water-soluble POLYMERS whose repeating units are ionizable. Polyelectrolytes demonstrate attributes that are typical of salts, such as electrical conductivity, and typical of polymers, such as viscosity.
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- Polyelectrolyte
- Cationic Polyelectrolytes
- Conjugated Polyelectrolyte
- Conjugated Polyelectrolytes
- Polyanions
- Polycations
- Polyelectrolyte, Conjugated
- Polyelectrolytes, Conjugated
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.
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2026; POLYANIONS was indexed under POLYMERS 1975-2016 and under POLYELECTROLYTES 2017-2025; POLYCATIONS was indexed under POLYMERS 1975-2016 and under POLYELECTROLYTES 2017-2025
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- Polymers (2004-2016)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Polyelectrolytes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000071228. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000071228
- Polyelectrolytes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyelectrolyte
- Polyelectrolytes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901016