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Complexation of charged colloids with polyelectrolyte stars

Autor(en)
Arben Jusufi, Martin Konieczny, Christos Likos
Abstrakt

We investigate the complexation of star-shaped polyelectroltyes (PEs) on oppositely charged colloids. Using Molecular Dynamics simulations, we study the chain adsorption on the colloidal surface at fixed size aspect ratio between star and colloid of around 0.6. Depending on the charge ratio between the colloid and the PE star, we observe a variety of star morphologies that were also observed in a recent work of stars on oppositely charged planar surfaces [M. Konieczny and C. N. Likos, Soft Matter 3, 1130 (2007)]. Another important parameter is the PE star functionality that determines the crossover areas for the various star structures. The morphologies are characterized by the degree of chain adsorption and their orientation with respect to the colloid center. An orientational parameter allows us to identify the various morphologies that range from partial chain adsorption to complete adsorption for which a "starfish" configuration is identified. We present a conformational phase diagram that summarizes the three dominant structures in the parameter space built up from the star functionality and the star-colloid charge ratio.

Organisation(en)
Computergestützte Physik und Physik der Weichen Materie
Externe Organisation(en)
City University of New York, The Boston Consulting Group
Journal
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie / International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics
Band
226
Seiten
585-596
Anzahl der Seiten
12
ISSN
0942-9352
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1524/zpch.2012.0261
Publikationsdatum
2012
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
103023 Polymerphysik, 103036 Theoretische Physik, 103015 Kondensierte Materie, 103029 Statistische Physik
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/1b1d498c-03d0-4469-8f06-e1abfb1e5f8f