STIFF (DNA) AND FLEXIBLE (NAPSS) POLYELECTROLYTE CHAIN EXPANSION AT VERY-LOW SALT CONCENTRATION

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BOROCHOV, N [1 ]
EISENBERG, H [1 ]
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[1] WEIZMANN INST SCI,DEPT STRUCT BIOL,IL-76100 REHOVOT,ISRAEL
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10.1021/ma00084a025
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O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
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070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
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The expansion of sodium poly(styrenesulfonate) (NaPSS) polyelectrolyte coils has been studied by light scattering and velocity sedimentation at a NaCl concentration of 0.5-0.001 M. Good agreement between the flexible NaPSS and intrinsically stiff DNA (data from a previous study) is obtained in terms of the conformation-space renormalization-group approach. Present polyelectrolyte the expansion and excluded-volume theories are not adequate to satisfactorily interpret the experimental results.
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