Introduction: an overview of polyelectrolytes - six topics in search of an author, Kenneth S. Schmitz. Part 1 Theory: ion-ion correlations in the electrical double layer around a cylindrical polyion, J. Rescic and V. Vlachy; a perturbative approach to polyelectrolyte configuration, D. Bratko and K.A. Dawson; branched polyelectrolytes, M. Daoud; molecular dynamics simulations of charged polymer chains from dilute to semidilute concentrations, Mark J. Stevens and Kurt Kremer; electrophoresis of nonuniformly charged chains, John L. Anderson and Yuri Solomentsev; undulation-enhanced forces in hexagonal gels of semiflexible polyelectrolytes, Theo Odijk; quasi-elastic light scattering by polyelectrolytes in buffers of low ionic strength, Narinder Singh et al. Part 2 Synthesis and characterization: reactive polymers - water-soluble vinyl-terminated oligomeric poly(b-alanine), Sun-Yi Huang and M.M. Fisher; molecular-weight distributions of water-soluble polyelectrolytes - gel permeation chromatography spectrophotometry-low-angle laser light scattering, Ellen M. Meyer and Stephen R. Vasconcellos; chromatographic characterization of acrylic polyampholytes, C.S. Patrickios et al; determination of microdomain size of hydrophobic polyelectrolytes by luminescence quenching, Ulrich P. Strauss et al; characterization of polyacrylamide-co-sodium acrylate, D. Hunkeler et al. Part 3 Condensation and complexation: electric transport of polyelectrolytes in aqueous salt-free solutions, Amer H. Shaaban et al; role of multivalent cations in condensation of DNA, Victor A. Bloomfield et al; light-scattering studies of polyeletrolyte complex formation - effect of polymer concentration, H. Dautzenberg et al; stoichiometric and nonstoichiometric complex formation of bovine serum albumin-poly(dimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride), Jiulin Xia et al; amphiphilic polyelectrolytes and their coulombic complexes with surfactants as novel photochemical systems, Y. Morishima et al; interaction of proteins with acrylic polyampholytes, C.S. Patrickios et al; electrical transport in polyelectrolyte-surfactant complex solutions at various degrees of complexation, Joze Skerjanc and Ksenija Kogej. Part 4 Solution structure. Part 5 Surface adsorption and interfaces. Part 6 Gels. (Part contents)
