Collapse of grafted polyelectrolyte layer

O. Borisov , T. Birshtein , E. Zhulina

The theory describing chain conformation in a planar layer of grafted polyelectrolyte (polyampholyte) molecules and the conformational transition related to the collapse of this layer caused by the decrease in solvent strenght is developed. Depending on the values of the layer parameters (grafting and charge densities) this transition may occur as a continuous (cooperative) or as a first order phase transition.

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O. Borisov, T. Birshtein, E. Zhulina. Collapse of grafted polyelectrolyte layer. Journal de Physique II, 1991, 1 (5), pp.521-526. ⟨10.1051/jp2:1991186⟩. ⟨jpa-00247536⟩