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具有明确反离子的接枝物的平衡性质

Equilibrium properties of a grafted polyelectrolyte with explicit counterions

K. Jayasree, P. Ranjith, Madan Rao, P. B. Sunil Kumar

摘要:

我们用蒙特卡罗模拟研究了在显式反离子(CI)存在下接枝聚乙烯(PE)的平衡构象。吸引力的Lennard-Jones相互作用(参数化为λ)和静电力(参数化为A = q^2l_B/a,其中q =反价,l_B = Bjerrum长度,a =单体直径)之间的相互作用导致了各种构象,其特征为伸展构象(E)、具有m个珠的珍珠构象(P_m)、香肠构象(S)和球状构象(G)。对于大的π,我们观察到从G -> P_2 -> P_3 ->的跃迁。. . -> S -> G随着A的增加,即,在较低的溶剂浓度下,转变顺序为E -> S -> G。构象变化与CI与PE结合的性质直接相关。S -> G之间的过渡是连续的,并且与由凝聚Cl分数中的波动驱动的形状中的临界波动相关联。

英文摘要:

We study the equilibrium conformations of a grafted polyelectrolyte (PE) in the presence of explicit counterions (CI) using Monte Carlo simulations. The interplay between attractive Lennard-Jones interactions (parametrized by epsilon), and electrostatics (parametrized by A = q^2l_B/a, where q =counterion valency, l_B = Bjerrum length and a = monomer diameter), results in a variety of conformations, characterized as extended (E), pearls with m beads (P_m), sausage (S) and globular (G). For large epsilon, we observe a transition from G -> P_2 -> P_3 -> . . . -> S -> G with increasing A, i.e., a change from poor to good, to reentrant poor solvent, whereas, at lower epsilon, the sequence of transitions is, E -> S -> G. The conformation changes are directly related to the nature of binding of CI onto the PE. The transition between S -> G is continuous and associated with critical fluctuations in the shape driven by fluctuations in the fraction of condensed CI.

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