Abstract:We study the accuracy of the theory of Stroobants, Lekkerkerker, and Odijk [Macromolecules 1986, 19, 2232−2238, called SLO theory, to describe the thermodynamic properties of an isotropic fluid of charged rods. By incorporation of the effective diameter of the rods according to SLO theory into scaled particle theory (SPT), we obtain an expression for the rod concentrationdependent free volume fraction and the osmotic pressure of a collection of charged hard spherocylinders. The results are compared to Monte C… Show more
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