Polyelectrolyte stars meet hard planar and curved walls: confinement, demixing, collapse [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Martin Konieczny

Polyelectrolyte stars meethard planar and curved walls:con nemen t, demixing, collapseInaugural{DissertationzurErlangung des Doktorgrades derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultatder Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorfvorgelegt vonMARTIN KONIECZNYaus Mulheim a. d. RuhrDusseldorf, Marz 2007 Aus dem Institut fur Theoretische Physik IIder Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf Gedruckt mit Genehmigung derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultatder Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf Referent: Prof. Dr. C. N. Likos1. Koreferent: Prof. Dr. K.-H. Spatschek2.t: Prof. Dr. C. Dellago (Universitat Wien)Tag der mundlic hen Prufung: 14. Juni 2007c Martin KoniecznyAll Rights Reserved.This thesis is based on the following original papers:Chapter 2M. Konieczny and C. N. Likos,Polyelectrolyte stars in planar con nement ,J. Chem. Phys. 124, 214904 (2006).M. Konieczny and C. N. Likos,Computer simulations of polyelectrolyte stars near walls,Macromol. Symp. 245-246, 276-286 (2006).Chapter 3M. Konieczny and C. N. Likos,Fluid{ uid demixing transitions in colloid{polyelectrolyte star mixtures,J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 076105 (2007).Chapter 4M. Konieczny and C. N. Likos,From sea-urchins to star shes: controlling the adsorption ofstar-branched polyelectrolytes on charged walls,(submitted) (2007).M. Konieczny, A. Jusu , and C. N.