Some theoretical problems in the physics of charged polymers

• Main Author: von Goeler, Friedel S
• Language: ENG
• Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1997
• Subjects: Condensation|Fluid dynamics|Gases|Polymers
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9809408

This dissertation presents a theoretical study of a variety of charged polymer systems: Critical conditions are determined for adsorption of a charged polymer chain in an electrolyte solution by a curved, charged surface; the scaling behavior and density profiles of a polyelectrolyte brush is examined; the stretch-colapse transition of a charged, grafted polymer layers in a poor solvent is analyzed; and, the sequence dependence of heteropolymer configurations is calculated. These problems are studied theoretically using standard techniques of statistical mechanics.