Ionic micelles in solutions of polyelectrolytes and block copolymers with oppositely charged blocks: Computer simulation
- 1 November 2006
- journal article
- Published by Pleiades Publishing Ltd in Polymer Science Series A
- Vol. 48 (11), 1211-1217
- https://doi.org/10.1134/s0965545x06110125
Abstract
Complexation in solutions of strongly charged polyelectrolytes and diblock copolymers composed of oppositely charged and neutral blocks were studied via the molecular dynamics method. Stoichiometric micellar complexes formed in a dilute solution represent cylindrical brushes whose conformation is determined by the linear charge density on the polyelectrolyte and by temperature. As the concentration of macromolecules increases, the orientational ordering of anisotropic ionic micelles takes place. The complexation can induce the stiffening of the polyelectrolyte chain.Keywords
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