Effect of chain stiffness on ion distributions around a polyelectrolyte in multivalent salt solutions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Wei, Yu Fu ^a   Hsiao, Pai Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDED SALT; CHAIN STIFFNESS; CHAIN STRUCTURE; DNA CONDENSATION; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; FLEXIBLE CHAINS; HIGH SALT CONCENTRATION; ION DISTRIBUTIONS; LANGEVIN DYNAMICS; MONOVALENT COUNTERIONS; MULTIVALENT COUNTERIONS; MULTIVALENT SALTS; NEW MODEL; ORDERED STRUCTURES; POLYELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; RIGID CHAIN; SALT CONCENTRATION; SEMI-FLEXIBLE CHAINS;

CONFORMATIONS; POLYELECTROLYTES; STIFFNESS;

IONS;

EID: 74549172969     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3284785     Document Type: Article

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