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Coil to rod transition of a single polyelectrolyte chain
Author(s) -
Luis Alessandrini José,
Vila Jorge
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19940810130
Subject(s) - polyelectrolyte , single chain , monte carlo method , statistical physics , electromagnetic coil , chain (unit) , materials science , thermodynamics , field (mathematics) , chemical physics , condensed matter physics , physics , polymer , mathematics , quantum mechanics , composite material , statistics , antibody , immunology , biology , pure mathematics
Monte Carlo computer simulations are used to investigate the coil to rod transition of a single polyelectrolyte in the Coulombic unscreened regime. The results are compared with the predictions of the mean field theory (MFT) of dilute solutions.