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Jul 2026
How Topology Shapes the Phase Behavior of Polyelectrolytes
We develop a topology-specific theory of polyelectrolyte coacervation using the random phase approximation and apply it to both simple and complex coacervation. Our results for stars and dendrimers show that more compact chain topologies display a greater propensity for liquid-liquid phase separation, as a function of...
David Beyer, Pierre J. Walker, Lena Tarrach et al.
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