Surface polarization effects in confined polyelectrolyte solutions

Theory of Polyelectrolyte Solutions

Simulation of Dilute Polymer and Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Concentration Effects

Dielectric Properties of Polyelectrolyte Solutions

Dielectric properties of polyelectrolyte solutions have been studied experi­ mentally for more than thirty years, but progress in understanding these properties has been rather slow. A particularly unfavorable combination of experimental difficulties and unsettled theoretical problems has noticeably influenced both the extent of the work devoted to this subject and the pace in which explanation...

Biological polyelectrolyte complexes in solution and confined on patterned surfaces

In the first part of this paper we describe recently discovered structures in self-assemblies of charged membranes complexed with the biological polyelectrolyte DNA. These complexes are currently used in medical applications of non-viral gene delivery. The second part of the paper will describe entirely new experiments where liquid crystal and biological polymers are confined on lithographicall...

Static scattering from polyelectrolyte solutions

2014 The static scattering intensity from a system composed of charged, coiled polyions, counterions and coions is investigated theoretically. The polyion configuration is described by a wormlike chain form factor having a persistence length and an excluded volume parameter obtained from Odijk’s theory. Counterion condensation is accounted for in both, the interactions between polymer segments ...