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Cascade of Transitions of Polyelectrolytes in Poor Solvents
Abstract
We develop a scaling model for the dilute solution conformation of a uniformly charged polymer in a poor solvent. We find that there is a range of temperatures and charge densities for which the polymer has a necklace-like shape with compact beads joined by narrow strings. The free energy of a polyelectrolyte in this conformation is lower than in a cylindrical globule because the length of the necklace is larger than that of a cylinder and is proportional to the total charge on the chain. With changing charge on the chain or temperature, the polyelectrolyte undergoes a cascade of abrupt transitions between necklaces with different numbers of beads.
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- Authors
- Dobrynin, A. V., Rubinstein, M., & Obukhov, S. P.
- Venue
- Macromolecules
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 1996-01-01
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 2974-2979
- ISSN
- 0024-9297 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5835
- OpenAlex
- W2086033068
- Cited by
- 451
- References
- 9
- FWCI
- 7.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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