Equilibrium Charge Distribution on Annealed Polyelectrolytes
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
Monte Carlo simulations are used to study the non-uniform equilibrium charge distribution along a single annealed polyelectrolyte chain under theta-solvent conditions and with added salt. Within a range of the order of the Debye length charge accumulates at chain ends while a slight charge depletion appears in the central part of the chain. The simulation results are compared with theoretical predictions recently given by Castelnovo et al. In the parameter range where the theory can be applied we find almost perfect quantitative agreement.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0205642,
title = {Equilibrium Charge Distribution on Annealed Polyelectrolytes},
author = {Tiziano Zito and Christian Seidel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0205642},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Eur. Phys. J. E