The collapse of linear polyelectrolyte chains in a poor solvent: When does a collapsing polyelectrolyte collect its counter ions?

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dc.creatorLoh, Peter
dc.creatorDeen, G. Roshan
dc.creatorVollmer, Doris
dc.creatorFischer, Karl
dc.creatorSchmidt, Manfred
dc.creatorKundagrami, Arindam
dc.creatorMuthukumar, Murugappan
dc.date2009-01-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:23:49Z
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dc.descriptionIn order to better understand the collapse of polyions in poor solvent conditions the effective charge and the solvent quality of the hypothetically uncharged polymer backbone need to be known. In the present work this is achieved by utilizing poly-2-vinylpyridine quaternized to 4.3% with ethylbromide. Conductivity and light scattering measurements were utilized to study the polyion collapse in isorefractive solvent/non-solvent mixtures consisting of 1-propanol and 2-pentanone, respectively, at nearly constant dielectric constant. The solvent quality of the uncharged polyion could be quantified which, for the first time, allowed the experimental investigation of the effect of the electrostatic interaction prior and during polyion collapse, by comparing to a newly developed theory. Although the Manning parameter for the investigated system is as low as $l_B/l = 0.6$ ($l_B$ the Bjerrum length and $l$ the mean contour distance between two charges), i.e. no counterion binding should occur, a qualitative interpretation of the conductivity data revealed that the polyion chain already collects its counter ions when the dimensions start to shrink below the good solvent limit but are still well above the $θ$-dimension.
dc.description22 page double-spaced (including figures) pdf from Word document. Most updated version is in Macromolecules - please see below
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0901.0279
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0901.0279
dc.identifierMacromolecules, 41, 9352 (2008)
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/214126
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleThe collapse of linear polyelectrolyte chains in a poor solvent: When does a collapsing polyelectrolyte collect its counter ions?
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