ISSN:
1089-7690
Quelle:
AIP Digital Archive
Thema:
Physik
,
Chemie und Pharmazie
Notizen:
A microscopic theory is presented for the behavior of polyelectrolyte solutions between surfaces. The theory predicts oscillatory forces between hydrophobic surfaces immersed in dilute salt-free polyelectrolyte solutions. The period of the oscillation, p, scales with concentration, ρ, as p∼ρ−1/3 and p∼ρ−1/2, in the dilute and semidilute solutions, respectively. With a small amount of excess salt, the oscillatory forces are replaced by a short-ranged, predominantly attractive force. Further addition of salt causes the force to become purely repulsive. These predictions can, in principle, be tested experimentally. © 1999 American Institute of Physics.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.479448
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