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The European Physical Journal B
ISSN: 1434-6028 (printed version)
ISSN: 1434-6036 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 3 Issue 3 (1998) pp 277-279
rapid note: Cooperative diffusion in weakly charged polyelectrolyte gels
Y. Shiwa (a)
Division of Natural Sciences, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan
Received: 30 January 1998 / Revised: 4 May 1998 / Accepted: 6 May 1998
Abstract: A general expression for the cooperative diffusion constant of weakly charged gels is derived as a function of the thermodynamic parameters such as polyelectrolyte concentration, salt concentration, ionic strength, and the degree of crosslinking. In the low concentration range it decreases with the monomer concentration.
PACS. 82.70.Gg Gels and sols - 36.20.-r Macromolecules and polymer molecules - 05.60.+w Transport processes: theory
(a) email: shiway@hiei.kit.ac.jp
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Online publication: July 14, 1998
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