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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 51, Issue 10, Pages 3788-3801Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00342
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- ANR [ANR-15-CE07-0005]
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [17-03-01115a]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-15-CE07-0005] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
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The equilibrium structure of an interpolyelectrolyte complex (IPEC) coacervate consisting of weakly charged flexible polyanions and polycations with equal degree of ionization is considered. We study effects of salt concentration c(s) and solvent quality defined by second virial coefficient v on polymer density, surface tension, salt absorption, and correlations of charges and monomer units in equilibrium IPEC. Five different scaling regimes of IPEC are revealed, and a salt-solvent quality (c(s)-v) diagram of coacervate states is constructed. Boundaries between different regimes correspond to crossovers between low/high salt concentrations and poor/Theta-/good solvent conditions. Derived scaling laws for coacervate physical properties in each of regimes are in agreement with analysis based on the random phase approximation (RPA). This study summarizes and complements current theoretical comprehension of symmetrical IPEC of weakly charged polyions.
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