Number fluctuations of the condensing agent affects the coil-toroid coexistence for semi-stiff polyelectrolytes

作者:Siretskiy Alexey*; Khan Malek
来源:Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter , 2010, 22(41): 414103.
DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/22/41/414103

摘要

A semi-stiff charged polymer with counterions and salt was investigated using a Monte Carlo method with the Wang-Landau sampling scheme. Simulations show the coexistence of thermodynamically stable structures-prolonged and compact (toroidal-like). The transition between the two states is accompanied by concentration fluctuations for the condensing agent. Compact structures are accompanied by more multivalent counterions than prolonged ones.

  • 出版日期2010-10-20