Soft effective interactions between weakly charged polyelectrolyte chains

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4913-4924

  Konieczny, M ^a   Likos, C N ^a   Lowen H ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; CONFORMATIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MACROMOLECULES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERIZATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THERMODYNAMICS;

CHARGING FRACTIONS; COUNTERIONS; POLYMER CHAINS; WEAKLY CHARGED POLYELECTROLYTE CHAINS;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 4544340837     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1781111     Document Type: Article

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