Interpolyelectrolyte complexes or polyplexes can be seen as interesting alternatives in the purpose of active ingredients encapsulation. Working on polymethylmethacrylate derivatives with special focus on controlled oral drug delivery, the influence of charged polyelectrolytes (polyacrylic acid, polyethylenimine, and aminodextran) and noncharged ones (polyvinyl alcohol, dextran 40, and Pluronic F68) has been investigated on the precipitation of two pH-sensitive Eudragit polymers, namely, L100 and E100. Moreover, the possibility of preparing polyplexes involving the two polymethylmethacrylate derivatives with different charged and noncharged secondary polyelectrolytes has been studied. The obtained dispersions have been characterized in terms of mean particle size, size distribution, zeta potential, and morphology. Direct precipitation of Eudragit L100 by medium acidification in a batch process and in the presence of polyethylenimine allowed the production of particles with a narrow size distribution. The mean size was around 200 nm. In this case, the zeta potential was found to be +45 mV at pH = 7 in 1mM aqueous NaCl solution, and the produced suspension was stable in time since no aggregation and sedimentation have been observed. A precipitation pH of 8.16 allows us to suggest the preparation of a polyplex based on Eudragit L100 and polyethylenimine. In contrary, polyvinyl alcohol has shown ability to induce an increase in particle mean size whereas other polyelectrolytes showed no significant effect. Moreover, it was observed that polyethylenimine and polyacrylic acid solutions were able to directly induce Eudragit E100 precipitation whereas amino-dextran and noncharged polyelectrolytes showed no effect on its precipitation and on particle size distribution. K E Y W O R D S dispersion, pH-sensitive polymers, polyplex, precipitation, self-precipitation 1 | INTRODUCTION Several polymers are nowadays used for the encapsulation of active molecules. This process covers a broad range of applications such as pharmaceutical, food, cosmetic, and textile industries. Among the commonly used coating materials, biodegradable polymers such as polysaccharides (starch and chitosan), proteins (gelatin and bovine serum albumin), polyesters (polylactide [PLA], polylactide-co-glycolide [PLGA], and polycaprolactone [PCL]), and polyether (polyethylene glycol [PEG]) are explored in the literature. 1 Moreover, nonbiodegradable stimuli-responsive polymers are largely studied especially the polymethylmethacrylate derivatives. 2