https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:19915 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:03:46 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:19916 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:03:45 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:20856 a, the PDEA brush exhibited a critical conformational change in the range 0.5-1 mM electrolyte, a range much narrower than predicted by the theory of the osmotic brush regime. This behavior is attributed to the hydrophobicity of the collapsed brush. The swelling and collapse kinetics for this salt-induced transition are nearly identical. This is in contrast to the asymmetry in the rate of the pH-induced response, suggesting an alternative mechanism for the two processes dependent on the nature of the environmental trigger.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:02:52 AEDT ]]>