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Motion of Molecular Probes and Viscosity Scaling in Polyelectrolyte Solutions at Physiological Ionic Strength
We investigate transport properties of model polyelectrolyte systems at physiological ionic strength (0.154 M). Covering a broad range of flow length scales—from diffusion of molecular probes to macroscopic viscous flow—we establish a single, continuous function describing the scale dependent viscos...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4990340/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27536866 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161409 |
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author | Sozanski, Krzysztof Wisniewska, Agnieszka Kalwarczyk, Tomasz Sznajder, Anna Holyst, Robert |
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description | We investigate transport properties of model polyelectrolyte systems at physiological ionic strength (0.154 M). Covering a broad range of flow length scales—from diffusion of molecular probes to macroscopic viscous flow—we establish a single, continuous function describing the scale dependent viscosity of high-salt polyelectrolyte solutions. The data are consistent with the model developed previously for electrically neutral polymers in a good solvent. The presented approach merges the power-law scaling concepts of de Gennes with the idea of exponential length scale dependence of effective viscosity in complex liquids. The result is a simple and applicable description of transport properties of high-salt polyelectrolyte solutions at all length scales, valid for motion of single molecules as well as macroscopic flow of the complex liquid. |
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spelling | pubmed-49903402016-08-29 Motion of Molecular Probes and Viscosity Scaling in Polyelectrolyte Solutions at Physiological Ionic Strength Sozanski, Krzysztof Wisniewska, Agnieszka Kalwarczyk, Tomasz Sznajder, Anna Holyst, Robert PLoS One Research Article We investigate transport properties of model polyelectrolyte systems at physiological ionic strength (0.154 M). Covering a broad range of flow length scales—from diffusion of molecular probes to macroscopic viscous flow—we establish a single, continuous function describing the scale dependent viscosity of high-salt polyelectrolyte solutions. The data are consistent with the model developed previously for electrically neutral polymers in a good solvent. The presented approach merges the power-law scaling concepts of de Gennes with the idea of exponential length scale dependence of effective viscosity in complex liquids. The result is a simple and applicable description of transport properties of high-salt polyelectrolyte solutions at all length scales, valid for motion of single molecules as well as macroscopic flow of the complex liquid. Public Library of Science 2016-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4990340/ /pubmed/27536866 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161409 Text en © 2016 Sozanski et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Sozanski, Krzysztof Wisniewska, Agnieszka Kalwarczyk, Tomasz Sznajder, Anna Holyst, Robert Motion of Molecular Probes and Viscosity Scaling in Polyelectrolyte Solutions at Physiological Ionic Strength |
title | Motion of Molecular Probes and Viscosity Scaling in Polyelectrolyte Solutions at Physiological Ionic Strength |
title_full | Motion of Molecular Probes and Viscosity Scaling in Polyelectrolyte Solutions at Physiological Ionic Strength |
title_fullStr | Motion of Molecular Probes and Viscosity Scaling in Polyelectrolyte Solutions at Physiological Ionic Strength |
title_full_unstemmed | Motion of Molecular Probes and Viscosity Scaling in Polyelectrolyte Solutions at Physiological Ionic Strength |
title_short | Motion of Molecular Probes and Viscosity Scaling in Polyelectrolyte Solutions at Physiological Ionic Strength |
title_sort | motion of molecular probes and viscosity scaling in polyelectrolyte solutions at physiological ionic strength |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4990340/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27536866 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161409 |
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