Morphologies of semiflexible polyelectrolyte complexes
Open Access
- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Europhysics Letters
- Vol. 58 (2) , 299-305
- https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2002-00637-5
Abstract
Complexation between a stiff charged cylinder and an oppositely charged semiflexible polymer is studied using linear Debye-Hückel theory (valid for large enough salt concentration or weakly charged polymers). The salt-concentration–dependent phase diagram features helical and, favored for increasing stiffness of the wrapping polymer, straight wrapping morphologies. Non-linear (counterion release) effects are discussed on the scaling level.Keywords
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