Wigner crystal model of counterion induced bundle formation of rodlike polyelectrolytes
Wigner crystal model of counterion induced bundle formation of rodlike polyelectrolytes
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.82.3268
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发表时间:
1999-04-19
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Shklovskii, BI
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作者:
Shklovskii, BI
A simple electrostatic theory of condensation of rodlike polyelectrolytes under influence of polyvalent counterions is proposed. It is based on the idea that counterions form a Wigner crystal on a background of a bundle of rods. It is shown that, depending on a single dimensionless parameter, this can be a densely packed three-dimensional Wigner crystal or a two-dimensional crystal on the rod surfaces. For DNA the location of charge on the spiral results in a model of the one-dimensional Wigner crystal. It is also argued that the Wigner crystal idea can be applied to self-assembly of other polyelectrolytes, fur example, colloids and DNA-lipid complexes. [S0031-9007(99)08957-7].