Theory and experiment of chain length effects on the adsorption of polyelectrolytes onto spherical particles: the long and the short of it

We study here the role of polyelectrolyte chain length, that is number of repeat units (mers), in the competitive adsorption of a simple model polyanion onto 85 nm spherical silica particles capped with a model polycation.

pH-Dependent Complexation and Polyelectrolyte Chain Conformation of Polyzwitterion-Polycation Coacervates in Salted Water

The phase behavior and chain conformational structure of biphasic polyzwitterion-polyelectrolyte coacervates in salted aqueous solution are investigated with a model weak cationic polyelectrolyte, poly(2-vinylpyridine) (P2VP), whose charge fraction can be...

The Effect of Explicit Polarity on Conformational Behavior of a Single Polyelectrolyte Chain

In this work using dissipative particle dynamics simulations with explicit treatment of polar species we demonstrate that the molecular nature of dielectric media has a significant impact on swelling and...