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most citedComplexation of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes: effect of ion pair formation

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cond-mat.soft2004★ 162 cited

Complexation of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes: effect of ion pair formation

Alexander Kudlay, Alexander V. Ermoshkin, Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Complexation in symmetric solutions of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes is studied theoretically. We include polyion crosslinking due to formation of thermoreversible ionic pair…

cond-mat2002★ 86 cited

A Modified Random Phase Approximation of Polyelectrolyte Solutions

A. V. Ermoshkin, M. Olvera de la Cruz

We compute the phase diagram of salt-free polyelectrolyte solutions using a modified Debye-Huckel Approach. We introduce the chain connectivity via the Random Phase Approximation w…

cond-mat2002

Structure and thermodynamics of associating rods solutions

Min Sun Yeom, Alexander V. Ermoshkin, Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Thermoreversible sol-gel transitions in solutions of rod-like associating polymers are analyzed by computer simulations and by mean field models. The sol-gel transition is determin…

cond-mat2002★ 66 cited

Polyelectrolytes in the presence of multivalent ions: gelation versus segregation

A. V. Ermoshkin, M. Olvera de la Cruz

We analyze solutions of strongly charged chains bridged by linkers such as multivalent ions. The gelation induced by the strong short range electrostatic attractions is dramaticall…

cond-mat.soft2001★ 49 cited

Theory of Sol-Gel Transition in Thermoreversible Gels with due Regard for Fundamental Role of Mesoscopic Cyclization Effects. I. Thermodynamic and Structural Characteristics of Gel Phase

Igor Erukhimovich, Michael V. Thamm, Alexander V. Ermoshkin

The sol-gel transition (SGT), upon which the infinite cluster (IC) of thermoreversibly bonded particles (gel fraction) appears against a background of a set of finite clusters (sol…