Randomly Charged Polymers: Excess Charge Dependence of Spatial Configurations

Details Randomly Charged Polymers: Excess Charge Dependence of Spatial Configurations Randomly Charged Polymers: Excess Charge Dependence of Spatial Configurations

1995-08-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9508099v1

StatPhys 19, pp.85-92, World Scientific, Singapore (1996)

Physics

Condensed Matter

8 pages, 4 Postscript figures, LaTeX

Scientific paper

Spatial configurations of randomly charged polymers, known as polyampholytes (PAs), are very sensitive to the overall excess charge Q. Analytical arguments, supported by Monte Carlo simulations and exact enumeration studies, lead to the following picture: For Q < Q_c = q_0 N^2 (q_0 is the elementary charge, N is the number of monomers in the polymer), the radius of gyration R_g of the polymer decreases with decreasing temperature T and the polymer becomes compact, while for Q>Q_c the polymer stretches with decreasing T. At low T, the dense states are described by Debye-Huckel theory, while the expanded states resemble a necklace of globules connected by strings. At such temperatures, the transition between the dense and the expanded states with increasing Q, is reminiscent of the breakup of a charged drop.

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