Spinodal Curve in Highly Asymmetrical Polyelectrolytes
- 20 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 57 (16) , 2026-2028
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.57.2026
Abstract
The study of salt-free polyelectrolytes within the primitive model and with the hypernetted chain integral equation leads to a phase separation at very low concentration. The spinodal line and the critical point are deduced from the compressibility equation and are determined as functions of the polyion charge.Keywords
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