Adsorption of polyelectrolytes onto oppositely charged cylindrical macroions

Sidney Jurado de Carvalho1, Daniel Lucas Zago Caetano

  • 1Departamento de Física, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista, Rua Cristovão Colombo 2265, Jd. Nazareth 15054-000, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.

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