SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYELECTROLYTES AT THE LIQUID-CRYSTAL PHASE-TRANSITION

被引：2
作者：
CUI, SM
CHEN, ZY
机构：
[1] UNIV WATERLOO,GUELPH WATERLOO PROGRAM GRAD WORK PHYS,WATERLOO N2L 3G1,ON,CANADA
[2] JIAO TONG UNIV,DEPT APPL PHYS,SHANGHAI 200030,PEOPLES R CHINA
来源：
MACROMOLECULES | 1994年 / 27卷 / 21期
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D O I：
10.1021/ma00099a028
中图分类号：
O63 [高分子化学（高聚物）];
学科分类号：
070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
The statistical properties of semiflexible polyelectrolytes at the isotropic-nematic phase transition are studied by including the twisting term originating from the electrostatic interaction between polymer segments in the free energy. Since the twisting effect is very small, we perform a perturbation calculation that can be used to determine the linear corrections to the isotropic and nematic densities at the phase transition. We also estimate the higher-order corrections using a numerical approach.
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页码：6124 / 6128
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