Phase behavior of polyelectrolyte solutions with salt

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Lee, Chi Lun ^a,b   Muthukumar, Murugappan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; CHEMICALS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROLYTES; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GRAPHIC METHODS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CONFORMATIONAL FLUCTUATIONS; DENSITY CORRELATIONS; DONNAN EQUILIBRIUM; END POINT (EP); FLORY HUGGINS; INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS; LIQUID-PHASE; MEAN FIELDS; POLYELECTROLYTE CHAINS; POLYELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; POLYMER BACKBONES; POLYMER CHAINS; PRIMITIVE MODELS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; VALENCY;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 58449091519     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3054140     Document Type: Article

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