The mean-field theory for attraction between like-charged macromolecules

Jeferson J. Arenzon, Yan Levin and Jürgen F. Stilck

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2000, vol. 283, issue 1, 1-5

Abstract: A mean-field theory based on Gibbs–Bogoliubov inequality is constructed to study the interactions between two like-charged polyions. It is shown that contrary to the previously established paradigm, a properly constructed mean-field theory can quantitatively account for the attractive interactions between two like-charged rods.

Keywords: Polyelectrolyte solutions; Like-charged macromolecules (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00120-5

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