Phase behavior of polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes at planar surfaces
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Phase behavior of polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes at planar surfaces.
We investigate theoretically the phase diagram of an insoluble charged surfactant monolayer in contact with a semidilute polyelectrolyte solution (of opposite charge). The polyelectrolytes are assumed to have long-range and attractive (electrostatic) interaction with the surfactant molecules. In addition, we introduce a short-range (chemical) interaction which is either attractive or repulsive....
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.74.021803