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Polymer Association in Poor Solvents: from Monomolecular Micelles to Clusters of Chains and Phase Separation by Fabio Ganazzoli; Guido Raos; Giuseppe Allegra is a Materials Science article available to read on EtoBox.

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We report some recent results obtained in our laboratory on the poor-solvent behavior of macromolecules. We first discuss the globular collapse of short chains that, unlike long ones, may form compact ordered states. We then address the collapse of random AB copolymers, which may provide significant clues to understanding biophysical issues such as the protein folding problem or the DNA arrangement in a living cell. Afterwards, we turn to the many-chain problem of homopolymer aggregation into polymolecular micelles or clusters of chains and eventually phase separation. The unifying feature of our approach consists in the self-consistent free-energy minimization with inclusion of intra-and inter-molecular interactions, whenever they are required, that enables us to describe the chain conformation in detail.

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Author

Fabio Ganazzoli; Guido Raos; Giuseppe Allegra

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Ltd.; Wiley (ISSN 1022-1344)

Published

1999

Language

EN

Field

Materials Science (Physical Sciences)