Strongly charged flexible polyelectrolytes in poor solvents-from stable spheres to necklace chains

被引:86
作者
Micka, U [1 ]
Kremer, K [1 ]
机构
[1] MPI Polymerforsch, D-55021 Mainz, Germany
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 2000年 / 49卷 / 02期
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10.1209/epl/i2000-00133-6
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We present a first set of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of solutions of strongly charged! salt-free polyelectrolyte chains in poor solvent with explicit counterions. As a function of concentration the regime from dominating electrostatic interaction to strong screening is covered. The conformations vary from strongly stretched rods to isolated, stable collapsed chains involving; counterion condensation.
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