| Language: | English |
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| Type: | Article |
| Authors: | and Takahiro Sakaue |
| Journal: | Journal of Chemical Physics |
| ISSN: | 0021-9606 |
| Volume: | 120 |
| Number: | 13 |
| Month: | 4 |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Actual year: | 2004 |
| Pages: | 6299-6305 |
| doi: | 10.1063/1.1652433 |
| Abstract: | We investigated the collapsed structure of a weakly charged wormlike chain under a moderate concentration of 1:1 electrolyte solution. By assuming a torus as a grand state, we found that the size of a torus is determined by the balance between surface energy and electrostatic energy, which leads to a finite torus thickness almost independent of the chain contour length. Owing to this unique characteristic, a long charged wormlike chain forms multiple tori structure as a collapsed product, which is never seen with a neutral wormlike chain. These features were confirmed by a Monte Carlo simulation. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics. |
and Takahiro Sakaue, Journal of Chemical Physics, 120, 6299-6305 (2004)