Title: Self-assembly of polyelectrolytes in aqueous solutions (dissipative particle dynamics) Author: Karel Šindelka Department: Faculty of science, Charles University in Prague Supervisor: Doc. Ing. Zuzana Limpouchová, CSc. Consultant: Doc. Ing. Martin Lísal, DSc. Abstract In the thesis, the coarse-grained dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) is used for the study of self-assembly of equimolar mixtures of oppositely charged symmetric block PEs with one PE block (either strong polycation or strong polyanion) and one readily water-soluble neutral block in aqueous media. In the first part of the diploma thesis, the principles of DPD simulations are described and the correct implementation of electrostatic interactions in the DPD method is demonstrated on the example of counterion (Manning) condensation. In the second main part, the effect of the blocks solubility, incompatibility and the interplay of different forces on electrostatic assembly is investigated. The cor- responding neutral systems are also simulated for comparison. The study shows that the hydrophobicity of the PE backbone and the incompatibility of blocks sig- nificantly affects the electrsotatic co-assembly. The presence of opposite charges on different chains promotes the aggregation process and the aggregation number in- creases in comparison...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:333042 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Šindelka, Karel |
| Contributors | Limpouchová, Zuzana, Kolafa, Jiří |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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