Competition between a macroion and a polyelectrolyte in complexation with an oppositely charged polyelectrolyte
The competition between a spherical macroion and a polyelectrolyte in complexation with an oppositely charged flexible polyelectrolyte has been studied by means of Monte Carlo simulations. A simple model system with focus on the electrostatic interactions has been used to investigate under what conditions the macroion in a polyelectrolyte-macroion complex (excess of polyelectrolyte charges) is exc