Article Dans Une Revue Polymers Année : 2023

Polyelectrolytes: From Seminal Works to the Influence of the Charge Sequence

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We propose a selected tour of the physics of polyelectrolytes (PE) following the line initiated by de Gennes and coworkers in their seminal 1976 paper. The early works which used uniform charge distributions along the PE backbone achieved tremendous progress and set most milestones in the field. Recently, the focus has shifted to the role of the charge sequence. Revisited topics include PE complexation and polyampholytes (PA). We develop the example of a random PE in poor solvent forming pearl-necklace structures. It is shown that the pearls typically adopt very asymmetric mass and charge distributions. Individual sequences do not necessarily reflect the ensemble statistics and a rich variety of behaviors emerges (specially for PA). Pearl necklaces are dynamic structures and switch between various types of pearl-necklace structures, as described for both PE and PA.

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hal-04767923 , version 1 (18-03-2026)

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Nam-Kyung Lee, Min-Kyung Chae, Youngkyun Jung, Albert Johner, Jean-Francois Joanny. Polyelectrolytes: From Seminal Works to the Influence of the Charge Sequence. Polymers, 2023, 15 (23), pp.4593. ⟨10.3390/polym15234593⟩. ⟨hal-04767923⟩
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