Charged Polymers @ Interfaces - ISSUES

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Charged Polymers _at_ Interfaces - ISSUES
Dobrynin et al PRL 84, 3101 (2000)
Vaknin et al PRL 84, 3101 (2000)
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Charged Polymers _at_ Interfaces - ISSUES

• Thermodynamics and the effect of the Long-Range
  Coulomb interaction
• Effect of Electrostatic correlations on structure
  and thermodynamics
• Dependence of conformation on SOLVENT quality,
  CHARGE DENSITY, surface energy
• Fundamental questions about the validity of
  Debye-Huckel theroy and the linearization of PB
  equation
• Adsorption of polyelectrolytes under a charged
  langmuir monolayer best suited to explore the
  validity of alternative theories

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