Origin of translocation barriers for polyelectrolyte chains

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Kumar, Rajeev ^a,b   Muthukumar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; CONFORMATIONAL ENTROPY; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DEGREE OF IONIZATION; ELECTROSTATIC EFFECT; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; HIGH SALT CONCENTRATION; INITIAL STAGES; NARROW PORES; POISSON-BOLTZMANN; POLYELECTROLYTE CHAIN; RADIAL SYMMETRYS; SALT CONCENTRATION; SELF AVOIDING WALK; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY; SOLVENT MOLECULES; SOLVENT QUALITY;

CONFORMATIONS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY BARRIERS; FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

ELECTROLYTE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ELECTROLYTES; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 70450278884     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3264632     Document Type: Article

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