Adsorption of Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes onto a Charged Rod
arXiv:cond-mat/0306329 · doi:10.1063/1.1609193
Abstract
The adsorption of highly charged flexible polycations and polyanions on a charged cylindrical substrate is investigated by means of Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. A detailed structural study, including monomer and fluid charge distributions, is provided. The influence of a short range attraction between the polycations and the negatively charged substrate is also considered. We demonstrate that the building up of multilayer structures is highly prohibited mainly due to the high entropy penalty stemming from the low dimensionality of the substrate at strong curvature.
arXiv comment18 pages - 7 (main) EPS figs - revtex4 - to appear in J. Chem. Phys
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