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.
Entry Term(s)
Cationic Polyelectrolytes
Conjugated Polyelectrolyte
Conjugated Polyelectrolytes
Polyanions
Polycations
Polyelectrolyte
Registry Numbers
0
NLM Classification #
QV 270
Previous Indexing
Polymers (2004-2016)
Public MeSH Note
2026 (2017)
History Note
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
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.
A class of water-soluble polyelectrolytes with pi-delocalized structure and functional ionic properties used for fluorescent staining of cells and as semi-conducting materials in electronic devices.
