Polymers and Polyelectrolytes

Dr. Christian Seidel

Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung
Abteilung Theorie & Bio-Systeme
Wissenschaftspark Potsdam-Golm
D-14424 Potsdam

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Email: seidel

Research Interests 

• Simulation (MC, MD) of macromolecular systems.
• Structure and dynamics of polyelectrolytes in solution.
• Behaviour of tethered chains.

Selected Publications

1. H. Dautzenberg, W. Jaeger, J. Kötz, B. Philipp, C. Seidel and D. Stscherbina, Polyelectrolytes - Formation, characterization and  application. Hanser, Munich, 1994.
    
2. H. Schäfer, C. Seidel, Structure of polyelectrolytes in solution: A Monte Carlo study, Macromolecules, 30:6658-61 (1997).
    
3. F.S. Csajka, R.R. Netz, C. Seidel and J.-F. Joanny, Collapse of polyelectrolyte brushes: Scaling theory and simulations, Eur. Phys. J. E, 4:505-13 (2001).
    
4. T. Zito and C. Seidel, Equilibrium charge distribution on annealed polyelectrolytes, Eur. Phys. J. E , 8:339-46 (2002).
    
5. C. Seidel, Strongly stretched polyelectrolyte brushes, Macromolecules, 36:2536-43 (2003).