Confinement free energy of flexible polyelectrolytes in spherical cavities

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Kumar, Rajeev ^a   Muthukumar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DENSITY; ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; MONOMERS; OSMOSIS; SOLVENTS;

CONFORMATIONAL ENTROPY; CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY; FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; MONOVALENT SALTS; POLYELECTROLYTE CHAINS;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

ELECTROLYTE; INORGANIC SALT; POLYMER; SOLVENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POLYMERS; SALTS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 43949111316     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2917354     Document Type: Article

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