Complex Formation Between Polyelectrolytes and Ionic Surfactants
Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
The interaction between polyelectrolyte and ionic surfactant is of great importance in different areas of chemistry and biology. In this paper we present a theory of polyelectrolyte ionic-surfactant solutions. The new theory successfully explains the cooperative transition observed experimentally, in which the condensed counterions are replaced by ionic-surfactants. The transition is found to occur at surfactant densities much lower than those for a similar transition in non-ionic polymer-surfactant solutions. Possible application of DNA surfactant complex formation to polynucleotide delivery systems is also mentioned.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9806226,
title = {Complex Formation Between Polyelectrolytes and Ionic Surfactants},
author = {Paulo S. Kuhn and Yan Levin and Marcia C. Barbosa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9806226},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages, latex, 3 figures