Simulation of Complexes between a Charged Dendrimer and a Linear Polyelectrolyte with Finite Rigidity

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 448-460

  Kłos, Jarosław Sylwester ^a,b   Sommer, Jens Uwe ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

chain; complexation; dendrimers; Monte Carlo simulation; polyelectrolytes

Indexed keywords

BENDING ENERGIES; CHAIN FLEXIBILITY; CHARGED DENDRIMERS; COULOMB POTENTIAL; COUNTERIONS; ELECTROSTATIC COUPLING; END-GROUPS; EXCLUDED VOLUME; FLEXIBLE CHAINS; LIMITING CASE; LINEAR POLYELECTROLYTES; LONG CHAINS; MC SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POSITIVELY CHARGED;

CHAINS; COMPLEXATION; CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYELECTROLYTES; RIGIDITY;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 84865119687     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: 15213919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.201100120     Document Type: Article

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