Collapse of flexible polyelectrolytes in multivalent salt solutions

被引:200
作者
Solis, FJ [1 ]
de la Cruz, MO [1 ]
机构
[1] Northwestern Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1063/1.480763
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The collapse of flexible polyelectrolytes in a solution of multivalent counterions is studied by means of a two state model. The states correspond to rodlike and spherically collapsed conformations. We focus on the very dilute monomer concentration regime where the collapse transition is found to occur when the charge of the multivalent salt is comparable (but smaller) to that of the monomers. The main contribution to the free energy of the collapsed conformation is linear in the number of monomers N, since the internal state of the collapsed polymer approaches that of an amorphous ionic solid. The free energy of the rodlike state grows as N ln N, due to the electrostatic energy associated with that shape. We show that practically all multivalent counterions added to the system are condensed into the polymer chain, even before the collapse. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-9606(00)51104-0].
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