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Electrophoretic Separation of Proteins
Published on: June 12, 2008
Electrophoretic Mobility of a Polyelectrolyte-Adsorbed Particle: Effect of Segment Density Distribution
1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Institute of Colloid and Interface Science, Science University of Tokyo, 12 Ichigaya Funagawara-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo , 162, Japan
Abstract:
Varoqui's theory [Nouv. J. Chim. 6, 187 (1982)] for the electrophoretic mobility of a charged colloidal particle adsorbed by neutral polymers with an exponential distribution of the polymer segments is extended to the case where adsorbed polymers are charged. An analytic mobility expression is derived on the basis of the linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation. Comparison is made with the case of particles coated with a polyelectrolyte layer of fixed thickness with uniform segment distribution.
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