Polyelectrolytes

PREFACE......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 5
I. CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYELECTROLYTES......Page 9
1I. CHEMICAL STRUCTURE......Page 11
III. PHYSICAL MODEL......Page 13
1V. ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL AROUND THE MACROION......Page 17
1. EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN BOUND AND FREE COUNTER IONS......Page 21
II. SPHERICAL MACROIONS......Page 22
III. RODLIKE OR CYLINDRICAL MACROIONS......Page 25
IV. COUNTER ION CONDENSATION......Page 31
1. THE FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS......Page 35
II. SMALL DEVIATION FROM NEUTRALITY......Page 40
III. ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR A RODLIKE MACROION......Page 44
I. EFFECT OF VALENCE OF COUNTER IONS......Page 49
II. MIXTURE OF COUNTER IONS OF DIFFERENT VALENCES......Page 50
Ill. EFFECT OF SIZE OF COUNTER IONS......Page 54
I. FLUCTUATION OF ION DISTRIBUTION......Page 59
II. POLARIZABlLlTY AND THE SHAPE OF MACROIONS......Page 63
III. FLUCTUATION OF COUNTER IONS IN VARIOUS MODES......Page 66
IV. RELAXATION OF THE COUNTER ION DISTRIBUTION......Page 71
I. THE ION PAIR AND LOCALIZED BINDING......Page 79
II. HYDROGEN ION EQUILIBRIUM......Page 81
III. HYDRATION OF THE MACROION......Page 83
IV. HYDRATION AND BINDING OF COUNTER IONS......Page 88
I. THE ADDITIVITY LAW......Page 95
II. THEORETICAL DERIVATION OF THE ADDITIVITY LAW......Page 96
III. MIXTURE OF SALTS......Page 103
IV. OSMOTIC PRESSURE AGAINST SALT SOLUTIONS......Page 105
I. THE CHEMICAL POTENTIAL OF MACROIONS......Page 111
II. HYDROGEN ION EQUILIBRIUM IN THE PRESENCE ·OF SALTS......Page 114
III. THE ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AT THE MACROION......Page 118
I. INTERACTION BETWEEN PARALLEL RODLIKE MACROIONS......Page 121
II. EXTENSIVE FORCE OF AN ASSEMBLY OF RODLIKE MACROIONS......Page 125
III. INTERACTION IN THE PRESENCE Of SALTS......Page 128
IV. ATTRACTIVE FORCE DUE TO THE COUNTER ION FLUCTUATION......Page 131
I. EXTENSIVE FORCE OF SPHERICAL MACROIONS......Page 135
II. EXTENSIVE FORCE OF CYLINDRICAL MACROIONS......Page 139
III . FORCE I N THE PRESENCE OF SALTS......Page 141
IV. CONTRACTILE FORCE AND FLEXIBILITY......Page 142
I. EFFECT OF CONCENTRATIONS OF MACROIONS AND SALTS ON CONFORMATION......Page 147
II. EFFECT OF THE CHARGE DENSITY ON THE CONFORMATION......Page 154
III. CONFORMATION AND INTERACTION WITH COUNTER IONS......Page 156
IV. TRANSITION BETWEEN DISCRETE CONFORMATIONS......Page 158
LIST OF SYMBOLS......Page 163
REFERENCES......Page 165
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 167