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聚电解质结的反凝聚离域

Polyelectrolyte Knot Delocalization Induced by Counterion Condensation

Shensheng Chen, Tingtao Zhou

摘要:

环状聚合物上的结往往很紧。对于荷电聚合物(聚电解质)上的结,单体之间的静电斥力被认为是提高持久长度和进一步本地化的结。然而,对流凝结对结行为的影响尚不清楚。本文利用分子动力学模拟系统地研究了在不同静电强度和溶剂质量条件下,反凝聚对结行为的影响,重点研究了结的大小。我们发现,一般反凝聚\emph{delocalizes}的系统中的强静电强度的节点。在小到中等的静电强度下,由于静电相关性和溶剂质量之间的相互作用,结尺寸和总链尺寸可以正相关或负相关。

英文摘要:

Knots on ring polymers tend to be tight. For knots on charged polymers (polyelectrolytes), electrostatic repulsion among the monomers is considered to enhance the persistence length and further localize the knots. However, the effects of counterion condensation on knots behavior are not clear. Here we use molecular dynamics simulations to systematically study the effect of counterion condensation on the knot behavior under different electrostatic strength and solvent quality conditions, with the focus on the knot sizes. We show that generally counterion condensation \emph{delocalizes} the knots in systems with strong electrostatic strength. At small to intermediate electrostatic strength, the knot size and overall chain size and can be positive correlated or negative correlated, as a result of the interplay between electrostatic correlation and solvent quality.

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