IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/phsmap/v221y1995i4p389-418.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

On electrostatic rigidity of polyelectrolytes: an analogy with quantum electrodynamics

Author

Listed:
  • Kholodenko, Arkady L.
  • Borsal, Redouane

Abstract

Using previously discovered similarity between the semiflexible polymers and Dirac fermions (Ann. Phys. 202 (1990) 186) a new treatment of dilute polyelectrolyte solutions is proposed. The electrostatic contribution le to the persistence length as a function of ionic strength I is calculated both perturbatively and nonperturbatively, exploiting the analogy between the polyelectrolyte problems and that studied in quantum electrodynamics. Obtained results are in very good agreement with the available recent experimental data which indicate that le ∝ I−12. They also clarify and complement earlier calculations of Skolnick, Fixman and Odijk.

Suggested Citation

  • Kholodenko, Arkady L. & Borsal, Redouane, 1995. "On electrostatic rigidity of polyelectrolytes: an analogy with quantum electrodynamics," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 221(4), pages 389-418.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:221:y:1995:i:4:p:389-418
    DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(95)00187-7
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0378437195001877
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only. Journal offers the option of making the article available online on Science direct for a fee of $3,000
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/0378-4371(95)00187-7?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Shaw, Bill & Zollers, Frances E., 1993. "Managers in the Moral Dimension: What Etzioni Might Mean to Corporate Managers," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(02), pages 153-168, April.
    2. Kholodenko, A.L. & Beyerlein, A.L., 1988. "Strong coupling solution of the asymmetric electrolyte problem: Field-theoretic approach," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 154(1), pages 140-156.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Gary M. Fleischman & Eric N. Johnson & Kenton B. Walker & Sean R. Valentine, 2019. "Ethics Versus Outcomes: Managerial Responses to Incentive-Driven and Goal-Induced Employee Behavior," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 158(4), pages 951-967, September.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:221:y:1995:i:4:p:389-418. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/physica-a-statistical-mechpplications/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.