Interactions between Rigid Polyelectrolytes Mediated by Ordering and Orientation of Multivalent Nonspherical Ions in Salt Solutions
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2023-04-14
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Physical Review Letters, Volume 130, issue 15
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Multivalent ions in solutions with polyelectrolytes (PEs) induce electrostatic correlations that can drastically change ion distributions around the PEs and their mutual interactions. Using coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations, we show how in addition to valency, ion shape and concentration can be harnessed as tools to control rigid like-charged PE-PE interactions. We demonstrate a correlation between the orientational ordering of aspherical ions and how they mediate the effective PE-PE attraction induced by multivalency. The interaction type, strength, and range can thus be externally controlled in ionic solutions. Our results can be used as generic guidelines to tune the self-assembly of like-charged polyelectrolytes by variation of the characteristics of the ions.Description
Funding Information: This work was supported by the Academy of Finland through its Centres of Excellence Programme (2022-2029, LIBER) under Project No. 346111 (M. S.) and Academy of Finland Project No. 307806 (PolyDyna) (T. A.-N.). The work was also supported by Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation TT2020 grant (T. A.-N.). We are grateful for the support by FinnCERES Materials Bioeconomy Ecosystem. Computational resources by CSC IT Centre for Finland and RAMI—RawMatters Finland Infrastructure are also gratefully acknowledged. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
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Vahid, H, Scacchi, A, Sammalkorpi, M & Ala-Nissila, T 2023, ' Interactions between Rigid Polyelectrolytes Mediated by Ordering and Orientation of Multivalent Nonspherical Ions in Salt Solutions ', Physical Review Letters, vol. 130, no. 15, 158202 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.158202