Issue 9, 2010
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Soft Matter

Molecular dynamics simulations of a polyelectrolyte star in poor solvent

Peter Košovan,a   Jitka Kuldová,a   Zuzana Limpouchová,a   Karel Procházka,a   Ekaterina B. Zhulinab  and  Oleg V. Borisov*bc  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, Czech Republic

b Institute of Macromolecular Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

c Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche sur l'Environnement et les Matériaux UMR 5254 CNRS/UPPA, Pau, France

Abstract

We used Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate the conformations of a star polyelectrolyte in poor solvent. We observed several distinct morphologies: at low number of arms, pearl-necklace structures are formed on individual arms; at higher number of arms inter-arm bundling is the dominant structural motif.

Graphical abstract: Molecular dynamics simulations of a polyelectrolyte star in poor solvent

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B925067K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Nov 2009
Accepted
10 Feb 2010
First published
08 Mar 2010

Soft Matter, 2010,6, 1872-1874

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Molecular dynamics simulations of a polyelectrolyte star in poor solvent

P. Košovan, J. Kuldová, Z. Limpouchová, K. Procházka, E. B. Zhulina and O. V. Borisov, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 1872 DOI: 10.1039/B925067K

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