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Complexes based on rigid-chain polyelectrolytes: Computer simulation

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The structure and stability of complexes formed by oppositely charged rigid-chain macromolecules, as well as their response to variation in external conditions, were studied using the molecular dynamics method. The conditions of conformational transitions depending on the chain length and configuration, temperature, and dielectric permittivity of the medium were considered. It was shown that the chains involved in a complex may take various conformations of the torus, tennis racket, etc., types.

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Original Russian Text © O.A. Gus’kova, A.S. Pavlov, P.G. Khalatur, 2006, published in Vysokomolekulyarnye Soedineniya, Ser. A, 2006, Vol. 48, No. 7, pp. 1166–1175.

This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project nos. 04-03-32185a and 05-03-32952a.

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Gus’kova, O.A., Pavlov, A.S. & Khalatur, P.G. Complexes based on rigid-chain polyelectrolytes: Computer simulation. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 48, 763–770 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X06070145

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