Collapse of stiff polyelectrolytes due to counterion fluctuations

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 4456-4459

  Golestanian, Ramin ^a,b,c,d   Kardar, Mehran ^b   Liverpool, Tanniemola B ^c,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

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EID: 18344375341     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4456     Document Type: Article

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