Nonadditive ion effects on the coil–globule equilibrium of PNIPAM: a computer simulation study
Yani Zhao, Swaminath Bharadwaj, Nico F. A. van der Vegt
Abstract
cations from the counterion cloud of the weakly hydrated iodide ions to the counterion cloud of the strongly hydrated sulfate ions and the corresponding changes in water affinity of the ions.
Topics & Concepts
CounterionIodideIonChemistrySulfateLower critical solution temperatureMolecular dynamicsPolymerChemical physicsInorganic chemistryComputational chemistryOrganic chemistryCopolymerElectrostatics and Colloid InteractionsHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsSurfactants and Colloidal Systems