Is a Colloidal Gel Also a Cationic Polymer?

From wiki:

"Cationic polymers are positively charged polymers. Their positive charges prevent the formation of coiled polymers. This allows them to contribute more to viscosity in their stretched state, because the stretched-out polymer takes up more space than a coiled polymer and this resists the flow of solvent molecules around it. Cationic polymers are a main functional component of hair gel, because the positive charged polymers also bind the negatively charged amino acids on the surface of the keratin molecules in the hair. More complicated polymer formulas exist, e.g., a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone, methacrylamide, and hydrogel N-vinylimidazole. In certain concentrations, dispersions of lyophilic colloids tend to form solid masses, particularly when the solubility of the colloidal material is reduced by change in temperature. These semi-solids are known as gels. The settings of solutions of gelatin and agar on cooling are well known examples of gel formation."

So, yes.

Mizuti, hello. Got it. Thanx. After doing further reading and at the risk of sounding trivial I have to ask. Technically is a gel a semisolid or a semiliquid? Or same difference?

Not sure if it's a semi liquid or not, but it's definitively a semi-solid, or amorphous. If my basic understanding from past chemistry classes is correct, the gel has a crystalline structure, but it's atomic structure is in a disordered state. My favorite example is silly putty, you can play with it and it'll seem like a solid material, but if left alone, it demonstrates flow as the force of gravity pushes it down. Another good example is glass, which astonished me, because I always had thought that it was just a solid that simply 'was'.

Also note, no question is ever trivial, in fact, by poking around on the internet I learned about gels that form through pulses of ultrasound, pretty interesting stuff!

Desert or dessert?

Oops¡ If all fails, look it up in the dictionary. Thanks.