%0 Journal Article %1 limbach02c %A Limbach, H. J. %A Holm, C. %A Kremer, K. %D 2002 %J Europhys. Lett. %K chain coexistence, density dependence, dynamics factor factor, fluctuation, force-extension form length molecular necklace, peak, pearl polyelctrolytes, poor relation scaling, simulation, single solvent, structure type %N 4 %P 566--572 %T Structure of polyelectrolytes in poor solvent %V 60 %X We present molecular dynamics simulations on strongly charged polyelectrolytes in poor solvent. The resulting pearl-necklace conformations are analyzed in detail. Fluctuations in the number of pearls and their sizes lead only to small signatures in the form factor and the force-extension relation, which is a severe obstacle for experimental observations. We find that the position of the first peak in the structure factor varies with the monomer density as $\rho^0.35$ for all densities. This is a qualitative difference to polyelectrolyte solutions in good solvent which scale as $\rho^1/3$ and $\rho^1/2$ in the dilute and semi-dilute concentration regime, respectively.

@article{limbach02c, abstract = {We present molecular dynamics simulations on strongly charged polyelectrolytes in poor solvent. The resulting pearl-necklace conformations are analyzed in detail. Fluctuations in the number of pearls and their sizes lead only to small signatures in the form factor and the force-extension relation, which is a severe obstacle for experimental observations. We find that the position of the first peak in the structure factor varies with the monomer density as $\approx \rho^{0.35}$ for all densities. This is a qualitative difference to polyelectrolyte solutions in good solvent which scale as $\rho^{1/3}$ and $\rho^{1/2}$ in the dilute and semi-dilute concentration regime, respectively.}, added-at = {2007-06-15T17:33:15.000+0200}, author = {Limbach, H. J. and Holm, C. and Kremer, K.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c214033535832e158241df2ce169e615/kaigrass}, eprint = {cond-mat/0206274}, interhash = {0193bcc59016678f5c7cf7e3254efe53}, intrahash = {c214033535832e158241df2ce169e615}, journal = {Europhys. Lett.}, keywords = {chain coexistence, density dependence, dynamics factor factor, fluctuation, force-extension form length molecular necklace, peak, pearl polyelctrolytes, poor relation scaling, simulation, single solvent, structure type}, number = 4, pacs = {61.25.Hq, 36.20.Ey, 87.15Aa}, pages = {566--572}, timestamp = {2007-06-15T17:33:21.000+0200}, title = {Structure of polyelectrolytes in poor solvent}, volume = 60, year = 2002 }