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    College Park, Md. : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    The Journal of Chemical Physics 103 (1995), S. 3145-3157 
    ISSN: 1089-7690
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: We study ion condensation in salt-free dilute solutions of polyelectrolyte chains of different fractal geometries, from random walks to rigid rods. In finite size chains with a discrete charge distribution, ion condensation is only observed in multiple chain systems. A thermodynamic analysis of ion condensation with linearized interactions among the condensed counterions and the monomers leads to rigid rod lowest free energy conformations, regardless of the values of the valency of the monomers (zm), the negative value of the ratio of the valency of the counterions to the valency of the monomers (Pz), and the ratio of the Bjerrum length (lB) to the distance between charges along the polyion (b). As z2mPzlB/b increases, however, the fraction of condensed counterions increases and the polyion concentration at which ion condensation appears decreases. Above this critical polyion concentration, ion condensation is observed even when lB/b〈1/z2mPz. When correlations are included, representing the tendency of the condensed counterions to be surrounded by opposite sign charges, the chain conformation is strongly dependent on the valency of the counterions and lB/b. For large valency counterions and/or lB/b values, collapsed finite chains have lower free energies than rigid rods. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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