Thermodynamics of micellization of oppositely charged polymers
- 1 June 2003
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Europhysics Letters
- Vol. 62 (6) , 841-847
- https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-00449-1
Abstract
The complexation of oppositely charged colloidal objects is considered in this paper as a thermodynamic micellization process where each kind of object needs the others to micellize. This requirement gives rise to quantitatively different behaviors than the so-called mixed-micellization where each specie can micellize separately. A simple model of the grand potential for micelles is proposed to corroborate the predictions of this general approach.Keywords
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