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Lennart Piculell

Lennart Piculell

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Chemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
7680
World Ranking
16048
National Ranking
240

Overview

Lennart Piculell is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden, where their research focuses on chemistry with a particular emphasis on organic chemistry. Their studies also include physical and theoretical chemistry as well as materials chemistry, with interests extending into surfaces, coatings, and films.

The scientist has contributed to research in a variety of related topics, notably:

  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions
  • Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies

Piculell has published in several scientific journals with repeated contributions to Langmuir. Their publication venues include:

  • Langmuir
  • Polymers
  • Soft Matter

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Piculell demonstrate a focus on block copolymers, surfactants, and their complex interactions in aqueous dispersions and nanoparticle systems. Notable papers include:

  • "Molecular Assembly in Block Copolymer-Surfactant Nanoparticle Dispersions: Information on Molecular Exchange and Apparent Solubility from High-Resolution and PFG NMR," published in Polymers in 2021
  • "Versatile Diblock Polyampholytes Can Form Two Types of Charged and Internally Structured Core-Shell Particles by Complexation with Cationic or Anionic Surfactants," published in Langmuir in 2022
  • "Complexes of Charged-Neutral Block Copolymers and Surfactants: Process-Dependent Features and Long-Term Stability of Their Aqueous Dispersions," published in Langmuir in 2023
  • "Structural interplay in block copolymer-bile salt complexes: from globules to ribbons," published in Soft Matter in 2025

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Watson Loh, Suelen Gauna Trindade, Guilherme A. Ferreira, Karin Schillén, and Daniel Topgaard. Multiple publications have involved these co-authors, indicating ongoing collaborative partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Association and segregation in aqueous polymer/polymer, polymer/surfactant, and surfactant/surfactant mixtures: similarities and differences

    Lennart Piculell;Björn Lindman

  • A new approach to the phase behavior of oppositely charged polymers and surfactants

    Anna Svensson;Lennart Piculell;Bernard Cabane;Philippe Ilekti

  • Interactions in Aqueous Mixtures of Hydrophobically Modified Polyelectrolyte and Oppositely Charged Surfactant. Mixed Micelle Formation and Associative Phase Separation

    Francois Guillemet;Lennart Piculell

  • Binding of surfactants to hydrophobically modified polymers

    Lennart Piculell;François Guillemet;Krister Thuresson;Victor Shubin

  • How To Concentrate an Aqueous Polyelectrolyte/Surfactant Mixture by Adding Water

    Philippe Ilekti;Lennart Piculell;Florence Tournilhac;Bernard Cabane

  • On the mechanism of gelation of helix-forming biopolymers

    Christer Viebke;Lennart Piculell;Svante Nilsson

  • Characterisation of kappa- and iota-carrageenan coils and helices by MALLS/GPC

    Christer Viebke;Johan Borgström;Lennart Piculell

  • Effects of Polyelectrolytes on the Structures and Interactions of Surfactant Aggregates

    P. Ilekti;T. Martin;B. Cabane;L. Piculell

  • Understanding and exploiting the phase behavior of mixtures of oppositely charged polymers and surfactants in water

    Lennart Piculell

  • A model for the drug release from a polymer matrix tablet—effects of swelling and dissolution

    Per Borgquist;Anna Körner;Lennart Piculell;Anette Larsson

  • Interpretation of counterion spin relaxation in polyelectrolyte solutions

    Bertil Halle;Haakan Wennerstroem;Lennart Piculell

  • Segregation and Association in Mixed Polymer Solutions from Flory−Huggins Model Calculations

    Karin Bergfeldt;Lennart Piculell;Per Linse

  • Investigation of the gelation mechanism in .kappa.-carrageenan/konjac mannan mixtures using differential scanning calorimetry and electron spin resonance spectroscopy

    P. A. Williams;S. M. Clegg;M. J. Langdon;K. Nishinari

  • Effects of small amounts of kappa-carrageenan on the rheology of aqueous iota-carrageenan

    Lennart Piculell;Svante Nilsson;Per Muhrbeck

  • Surface deposition and phase behavior of oppositely charged polyion/surfactant ion complexes. 1. Cationic guar versus cationic hydroxyethylcellulose in mixtures with anionic surfactants.

    Anna V. Svensson;Lynga Huang;Eric S. Johnson;Tommy Nylander

  • Interactions between hydrophobically modified polymers and surfactants

    B. Magny;I. Iliopoulos;R. Audebert;L. Piculell

  • Viscoelastic properties for kappa- and iota-carrageenan in aqueous NaI from the liquid-like to the solid-like behaviour.

    Ioannis S Chronakis;Jean-Louis Doublier;Lennart Piculell

  • Rheology of mixed solutions of an associating polymer with a surfactant. Why are different surfactants different

    Lennart Piculell;Monica Egermayer;Jesper Sjöström

  • Rheology of kappa-carrageenan in mixtures of sodium and cesium iodide : two types of gels

    Ioannis S. Chronakis;Lennart Piculell;Johan Borgström

  • Phase behavior of polyion-surfactant ion complex salts: Effects of surfactant chain length and polyion length

    Anna Svensson;Jens Norrman;Lennart Piculell

  • Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives

    John F Kennedy;Glyn O Phillips;Peter A Williams;Lennart Piculell

Frequent Co-Authors

Björn Lindman
Björn Lindman Lund University
Tommy Nylander
Tommy Nylander Lund University
Per Linse
Per Linse Lund University
Iseult Lynch
Iseult Lynch University of Birmingham
Ulf Olsson
Ulf Olsson Lund University
Bertil Halle
Bertil Halle Lund University
Daniel Topgaard
Daniel Topgaard Lund University
Kristoffer Almdal
Kristoffer Almdal Technical University of Denmark
Bo Nyström
Bo Nyström University of Oslo
Bernard Cabane
Bernard Cabane Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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