{
  "id": "cond-mat/0205167",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2002-05-08T18:12:14.000Z",
  "updated": "2002-08-21T21:16:12.000Z",
  "title": "Living polymers in a size-asymmetric electrolyte",
  "authors": [
    "Sorin Bastea"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 4 figures",
  "journal": "Physical Review E 66, 020801(R) (2002)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevE.66.020801",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "A living polymers transition is found in molecular dynamics simulations of a charge-symmetric size-asymmetric electrolyte with no anisotropic interactions. The fluid has strong polymeric character at low temperatures, where it consists of large, alternating-charge linear chains and rings in chemical equilibrium. A mean-field theory of chain association is consistent with the existence of such a transition. In the polymeric phase the system is very weakly conducting or electrically insulating.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2002-08-21T21:16:12.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "molecular dynamics simulations",
      "charge-symmetric size-asymmetric electrolyte",
      "alternating-charge linear chains",
      "strong polymeric character",
      "chain association"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. E"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}