Geoghegan, M. (2017) The swelling of weak polyelectrolytes at low salt concentrations in dilute solution. Polymer, 112. pp. 414-417. ISSN 0032-3861
Abstract
The possibility of swelling of single polyelectrolyte chains in dilute aqueous solution by free ions in the presence of a small amount of salt is investigated using a mean-field approach. The swelling of chains by free ions is more likely for larger chains in solutions containing only a small amount of salt. The swollen chains are likely to retain a spherical structure.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | ||||
Keywords: | Polyelectrolytes; Conformation; Mean-field theory | ||||
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield | ||||
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) | ||||
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Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield | ||||
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2017 16:56 | ||||
Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2017 16:56 | ||||
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2017.02.034 | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2017.02.034 |