The counterion condensation of differently flexible polyelectrolyte aqueous solutions in the dilute and semidilute regime

Details The counterion condensation of differently flexible polyelectrolyte aqueous solutions in the dilute and semidilute regime The counterion condensation of differently flexible polyelectrolyte aqueous solutions in the dilute and semidilute regime

2008-06-13

arxiv.org/abs/0806.2260v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

9 pages, 8 figures

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The low-frequency limit of the electrical conductivity (d.c. conductivity) of differently flexible polyions in aqueous solutions has been measured over an extended polyion concentration range, covering both the dilute and semidilute (entangled and unentangled) regime, up to the concentrated regime. The data have been analyzed taking into account the different flexibility of the polymer chains according to the scaling theory of polyion solutions, in the case of flexible polyions, and according to the Manning model, in the case of rigid polyions. In both cases, the fraction f of free counterions, released into the aqueous phase from the ionizable polyion groups, has been evaluated and its dependence on the polyion concentration determined. Our results show that the counterion condensation follows at least three different regimes in dependence on the polyion concentration. The fraction f of free counterions remains constant only in the semidilute regime (a region that we have named the Manning regime), while there is a marked dependence on the polyion concentration both in the dilute and in the concentrated regime. These results are briefly discussed at the light of the aqueous ionic solutions.

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