Monte Carlo simulations of charged dendrimer-linear polyelectrolyte complexes and explicit counterions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Kos, J S ^a,c   Sommer, J U ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; BOND FLUCTUATION MODEL; BOUND STATE; CHARGED TERMINAL GROUPS; COMPENSATION POINTS; COULOMB POTENTIAL; COUNTERION CONDENSATION; COUNTERIONS; EXCLUDED-VOLUME INTERACTIONS; LINEAR POLYELECTROLYTES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; THREE TEMPERATURE;

COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYELECTROLYTES;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 79958135866     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3592558     Document Type: Article

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