Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction to Charged Macromolecules
- 2 Models of Uncharged Macromolecules
- 3 Water, Oil, and Salt
- 4 Charged Interfaces and Geometrical Objects
- 5 Dilute Solutions of Charged Macromolecules
- 6 Structure and Thermodynamics in Homogeneous Polyelectrolyte Solutions
- 7 Dynamics
- 8 Self-Assembly and Phase Behaviors
- 9 Adsorption, Complexation, and Coacervation
- 10 Gels
- 11 Epilogue
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Appendix 5
- Appendix 6
- Appendix 7
- Appendix 8
- Appendix 9
- Appendix 10
- References
- Index
5 - Dilute Solutions of Charged Macromolecules
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 February 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction to Charged Macromolecules
- 2 Models of Uncharged Macromolecules
- 3 Water, Oil, and Salt
- 4 Charged Interfaces and Geometrical Objects
- 5 Dilute Solutions of Charged Macromolecules
- 6 Structure and Thermodynamics in Homogeneous Polyelectrolyte Solutions
- 7 Dynamics
- 8 Self-Assembly and Phase Behaviors
- 9 Adsorption, Complexation, and Coacervation
- 10 Gels
- 11 Epilogue
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Appendix 5
- Appendix 6
- Appendix 7
- Appendix 8
- Appendix 9
- Appendix 10
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter describes the importance of charge regularization using titration curves, basic models of charged macromolecules, experimental and simulation results on isolated charged macromolecules, and theories based on scaling, mean field and self-consistent field methods. Based on these inputs, thermodynamic properties of charged macromolecules in dilute solutions are described. As special classes of charged macromolecules, polyampholytes, polyzwitterions, and intrinsically disordered proteins are described.
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- Physics of Charged MacromoleculesSynthetic and Biological Systems, pp. 92 - 158Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023