Dynamics of dense Polyelectrolyte Solutions

Details Dynamics of dense Polyelectrolyte Solutions Dynamics of dense Polyelectrolyte Solutions

1998-09-17

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9809231v1

Macromolecules 31, no. 17, (1998) pp. 5898-5903

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

10 pages (incl. figure)

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We investigate a system of dense polyelectrolytes in solution. The Langevin dynamics of the system with linearized hydrodynamics is formulated in the functional integral formalism and a transformation made to collective coordinates. Within a dynamical Random Phase Approximation (RPA) integration over the counter- and salt ions produces the Debye-H\"uckel-like screening of the Coulomb interactions with dependence on the frequency only as part of a more complicated coupling structure. We investigate the dynamics of the structure factor as well as the collective diffusion coefficient and comment upon the viscosity of the whole system of polymers with counterions and fluid in the simplest approximation. The coupling of the various components of the system produces nontrivial diffusive behavior. We draw conclusions about the relationship of the three length scales in the present system, i.e. the static screening length, the hydrodynamic screening length and the Debye length.

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