Annealed PEL are weak PEL like e.g. poly(acrylic acid), composed of dissociable carboxylic acid (-COOH) groups in contact to water, whose charge density along the polymer chain is defined by e.g. the pH value. There is a certain distribution of charged and uncharged repeating units.
Quenched PEL are strong PEL like e.g. poly(vinylsulphate), composed of repeating units with fully dissociated sulphate (-SO4-) groups in contact to water, whose charge density along the chain is independent on the pH value. There is no distribution of charged and uncharged repeating units.
Thank you sir. I also observed that in many papers this annealed word is termed as mobile. Are the charges in weak polyelectrolyte really mobile along the backbone chain ?