Probing and evaluating the electric potential of a polyelectrolyte with dielectric spectroscopy

Abstract

The electromagnetic potential is the only force relevant to understand polyelectrolytes and it should enables us to reveal all polyelectrolytes properties. We argue that dielectric spectroscopy probes the average dipole moment of the pure water polyelectrolyte probing this way the polyion -counterion potential. From this polyion potential can be evaluated in the region from the polyion vicinity all the way to the bulk.