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Computer Simulations of Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes Formed by Star-like Polymers and Linear Polyelectrolytes |
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| Authors: | Sergey Larin Sergey Lyulin Alexey Lyulin Anatoly Darinskii |
| Institution: | 1. Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoj pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia. Fax: (+7812) 328 6869;2. Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoj pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia. Fax: (+7812) 328 6869
Dutch Polymer Institute and Department of Applied Physics, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, P.O. Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | Complexes formed by star-like polymers of various topology and oppositely charged linear polyelectrolytes were simulated using Brownian dynamics technique. Structural properties and their dependence on the polyelectrotyte charge were investigated and compared with similar data for complexes with dendrimers. Remarkable overcharging was observed for all stars in complexes. |
| Keywords: | computer modeling molecular dynamics polyelectrolytes polyelectrolyte complexes star polymers |