Polyelectrolytes are polymers carrying either positively or negatively charged ionizable
groups. The properties of these polymers in solutions and at charged surfaces depend on …

Chain-like macromolecules (polymers) show characteristic adsorption properties due to their
flexibility and internal degrees of freedom, when attracted to surfaces and interfaces. In this …

A statistical mechanical treatment of the wormlike chain model (WLC) isused to analyze
experiments in which double-stranded DNA, tethered at one end, is stretched by a force …

We extend and generalize the scaling picture of de Genneset al. and Pfeuty to both
unentangled and entangled regimes of intrinsically flexible polyelectrolyte solutions. In …

We describe a simple computation of the worm-like chain model and obtain the
corresponding force-versus-extension curve. We propose an improvement to the Marko and …

In biology, nucleic acids are carriers of molecular information: DNA's base sequence stores
and imparts genetic instructions, while RNA's sequence plays the role of a messenger and a …

Theory of polyelectrolyte solutions Page 13 THEORY OF POLYELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS
JEAN-LOUIS BARRAT Département de Physique des Matériaux (URA CNRS 172) Université …

The self-diffusion coefficient of a series of DNA fragments ranging from 280 to 5386 bases
has been measured by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching after thermal …

In eukaryotic cells, structures called heterochromatin play critical roles in nuclear processes
ranging from gene repression to chromosome segregation. Biochemical and in vivo studies …

Multilayers of charged polymers can be formed by the alternating adsorption of polyanions
and polycations. By this so-called layer-by-layer self-assembly method, planar surfaces or …