• Eco-Friendly Hydrophobic Films via Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Complexes

  • Inyoung Lee and Chungyeon Cho*,†

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Korea
    *Department of Biomedical Materials Science, Jeonbuk Advanced Bio-convergence Academy, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Jeonbuk 54538, Korea

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  • 이인영 · 조충연*,†

  • 원광대학교 화학공학과, *원광대학교 전북바이오융합전문대학원 첨단바이오소재학과

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(4): 607-613

    Published online Jul 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.4.607
  • Received on Apr 6, 2026
  • Revised on May 2, 2026
  • Accepted on May 17, 2026

Correspondence to

  • Chungyeon Cho

  • Department of Biomedical Materials Science, Jeonbuk Advanced Bio-convergence Academy, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Jeonbuk 54538, Korea

  • E-mail: cncho37@wku.ac.kr