Micellization in the presence of polyelectrolyte
arXiv:cond-mat/0103592 · doi:10.1016/S0378-4371(01)00337-5
Abstract
We present a simple model to study micellization of amphiphiles condensed on a rodlike polyion. Although the mean field theory leads to a first order micellization transition for sufficiently strong hydrophobic interactions, the simulations show that no such thermodynamic phase transition exists. Instead, the correlations between the condensed amphiphiles can result in a structure formation very similar to micelles.
8 pages, 7 figures