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Orientational Ordering and Dynamics of Rodlike Polyelectrolytes

Hossein Fazli, Ramin Golestanian, Mohammad R. Kolahchi

cond-mat.softarXiv:cond-mat/0701229

Abstract

The interplay between electrostatic interactions and orientational correlations is studied for a model system of charged rods positioned on a chain, using Monte Carlo simulation techniques. It is shown that the coupling brings about the notion of electrostatic frustration, which in turn results in: (i) a rich variety of novel orientational orderings such as chiral phases, and (ii) an inherently slow dynamics characterized by stretched-exponential behavior in the relaxation functions of the system.

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