Specific Salt Effects on Poly(ethylene oxide) Electrolyte Solutions

• Published in: Macromolecules Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 1719 - 1727
• Main Authors: Ren, Chun-lai, Tian, Wen-de, Szleifer, Igal, Ma, Yu-qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 22.03.2011
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Exact sciences and technology; Organic polymers; Physicochemistry of polymers; Properties and characterization; Solution and gel properties; Ethylene oxide polymer; Cloud point; Computer simulation; Coupled method; Molecular theory; Molecular dynamics method; Theoretical study; Saline solution; Hydrogen bond

Exploring the mechanism of specific salt effects in electrolyte solutions is an old and attractive subject. It has been gradually realized that the competition at the molecular level plays an important role. Aiming to include molecular details as many as possible, we combine molecular dynamics (MD)...