Interactions and phase behaviour of polyelectrolyte star solutions
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Interactions and phase behaviour of polyelectrolyte star solutions
In this work, we first briefly review recent results regarding effective interactions of charged star polymers (polyelectrolyte stars) and then we present new results for many-body systems obtained by employing this interaction. The dominant role is played by the trapped counterions that bring about an entropic repulsion between the centres of these macromolecular aggregates. Subsequently, we e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0953-8984
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/1/330