Complex Formation Between Polyelectrolytes and Ionic Surfactants
arXiv:cond-mat/9806226 · doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(98)01205-6
Abstract
The interaction between polyelectrolyte and ionic surfactant is of great importance in different areas of chemistry and biology. In this paper we present a theory of polyelectrolyte ionic-surfactant solutions. The new theory successfully explains the cooperative transition observed experimentally, in which the condensed counterions are replaced by ionic-surfactants. The transition is found to occur at surfactant densities much lower than those for a similar transition in non-ionic polymer-surfactant solutions. Possible application of DNA surfactant complex formation to polynucleotide delivery systems is also mentioned.
5 pages, latex, 3 figures
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