In this Review, we present a critical analysis of various applications of the Flory-type theories
to a theoretical description of the conformational behavior of single polymer chains in dilute …

In this article, I summarize my theoretical developments in the statistical field theory of salt
solutions of zwitterionic and multipolar molecules. Based on the Hubbard–Stratonovich …

Oppositely-charged polyelectrolytes can undergo a liquid–liquid phase separation in a salt
solution, resulting in a polymer-dense 'coacervate'phase that has found use in a wide range …

The stretching of a single dipolar chain by a tensile force acting on the chain end is studied
using molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical considerations. In both theory and …

We present a nonlocal statistical field theory of a dilute electrolyte solution with a small
additive of dipolar particles. We postulate that every dipolar particle is associated with an …

The effect of an interplay between electrostatic and excluded volume interactions on the
conformational behavior of a dipolar chain has been studied theoretically and by means of …

We derive the effective Flory-Huggins parameter in polarizable polymeric systems, within a
recently introduced polarizable field theory framework. The incorporation of bead …

Based on the random phase approximation, we develop a molecular theory of self-
coacervation in zwitterionic polymer solutions. We show that the interplay between the …

Theoretical models of the conformational behavior of flexible polymer chains in mixed
solvents enunciated in the world literature during the last decade are critically reviewed …

Similarly charged polymers in solution, known as polyelectrolytes, are known to form
aggregated structures in the presence of oppositely charged counterions. Understanding the …