1997/12/23 by Thomas A. Vilgis, T. A. Vilgis, Vilgis, T. A. +3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications #Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties #Polymer composites and self-healing #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.soft #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9712280
submitted to Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science
arxiv created 1997/12/23 · openalex publication_date 1997/12/23 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This paper discusses the elastic behavior of polyelectrolyte networks. The deformation behavior of single polyelectrolyte chains is discussed. It is shown that a strong coupling between interactions and chain elasticity exists. The theory of the complete crosslinked networks shows that the Flory - Rehner - Hypothesis (FRH) does not hold. The modulus contains contributions from the classical rubber elasticity and from the electrostatic interactions. The equilibrium degree of swelling is estimated by the assumption of a c*-network.