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Orientational ordering in polymer composites with nanofillers: the osmotic pressure effect

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Phase behavior of short double-stranded DNA molecules dissolved in the water-containing polymer matrix is considered theoretically. Flexible-chain polymer molecules are assumed to be neutral. The phase behavior of DNA fragments is shown to be governed by the effective attraction, occurring due to polyvalent cations dissolved in water, and the osmotic pressure of the flexible-chain polymer.

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Correspondence to Z. A. Grigoryan.

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Original Russian Text © Z.A. Grigoryan, 2014, published in Izvestiya NAN Armenii, Fizika, 2014, Vol. 49, No.5, pp. 366–370.

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Grigoryan, Z.A. Orientational ordering in polymer composites with nanofillers: the osmotic pressure effect. J. Contemp. Phys. 49, 238–241 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068337214050090

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