Conformations and interactions of charged dendrimers in implicit and explicit solvents [Elektronische Ressource] / Sebastian Huissmann. Gutachter: Christos N. Likos ; Jürgen Horbach

Conformations and interactions of chargeddendrimers in implicit and explicit solventsInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des Doktorgradesder Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨ atder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨ at Dusseldorf¨vorgelegt vonSebastian Huißmannaus KevelaerDusseldorf,¨ Mai 2011Aus dem Institut fur¨ Theoretische Physikder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨ at Dusseldorf¨Gedruckt mit Genehmigung derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨ atder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨ at Dusseldorf¨Referent: Prof. Dr. Christos N. LikosKoreferent: Prof. Dr. Jurgen¨ HorbachTag der mundlic¨ hen Prufung:¨ 04. Juli 2011The work described in this Thesis has been published in a number of papers, whichconstitute the following self-contained chapters:Chapter 2S. Huißmann, A. Wynveen, C. N. Likos, and R. Blaak,The effects of pH, salt an bond stiffness on charged dendrimers,J. Phys.: Condens. Matt. 22, 232101 (2010).Chapter 3S. Huißmann, C. N. Likos, and R. Blaak,Conformations of high-generation dendritic polyelectrolytes,J. Mat. Chem. 20, 10486 (2010).Chapter 4S. Huißmann, R. Blaak, and C. N. LikosExplicit vs. implicit water simulations of charged dendrimers,(in preparation) (2011).Chapter 5S. Huißmann, C. N. Likos, and R. BlaakEffective interactions between charged dendrimers,Soft Matter, DOI: 10.1039/c1sm05516j (2011).Chapter 6A. Wilk, S. Huißmann, E. Stiakakis, J. Kohlbrecher, D. Vlassopoulos, C. N.Likos, G. Meier, J. K. G. Dhont, G.