Manuel Quesada-Pérez

TL;DR: In this paper, the classical theory of polymer/polyelectrolyte gel swelling is reviewed and the application to experimental swelling data (of both gels and microgels) is also reviewed.

TL;DR: These novel approaches, which are mostly computer simulations and approximate integral equation theories based on the so-called primitive model, have scarcely been applied in practice, and a critical survey on the relevance of ion size correlation in real systems is included.

TL;DR: A key challenge for the characterization of both soft nanoparticles (nanogels and bicelles) involves the elucidation of their colloidal properties, and special attention is paid to poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) (PVCL)-based nanogels due to their proven biocompatibility.

TL;DR: These simulations suggest the existence of certain ion layering effects at high surface charge densities, which are not accounted for by integral equation theories in the case of divalent counterions, which could justify why the overcharging phenomena due to ion size correlations are hardly observable in real colloids with divalentcounterions.

TL;DR: Renormalization (as well as ion condensation) approaches, experiments and the controversial relationship between theoretical and phenomenological effective charges are reviewed.