Molecular dynamics simulations of a polyelectrolyte star in poor solvent

Abstract

We used Molecular Dynamics simulations to investigate the conformations of a star polyelectrolyte in poor solvent. We observed several distinct morphologies, e.g. at low number of arms, pearl-necklace structures are formed on individual arms; at higher number of arms inter-arm, bundling is the dominant structural motif

Keywords

• polyelectrolytes stars
• poor solvent
• conformational behavior
• molecular dynamics