Phase equilibria and charge fractionation in polydisperse polyelectrolyte solutions
Soft Condensed Matter
2011-11-09 v3 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
A new type of phase separation in the polyelectrolyte solutions consisting of several types of charged macromolecules differing in their degree of ionization is predicted via a general thermodynamic consideration. We show that even a small difference in the degree of ionization of otherwise equivalent components results in their spatial separation occurring upon decreasing the temperature much earlier than precipitation of the components from the solution. Some implications of charge fractionation in biological processes are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0406218,
title = {Phase equilibria and charge fractionation in polydisperse polyelectrolyte solutions},
author = {Igor Erukhimovich and Monica Olvera de la Cruz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0406218},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
This paper has been withdrawn by the authors, as required by Macromolecules for reasons of publication