山东科学 ›› 2019, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 94-100.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2019.04.013

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不同pH环境下二价离子对聚电解质链的影响

李树行,祝泽栋,徐紫颜,杨光参*   

  1. 温州大学数理与电子信息工程学院,浙江 温州 325035
  • 收稿日期:2019-04-15 出版日期:2019-08-20 发布日期:2019-08-07
  • 通信作者: 杨光参,男,教授,研究方向为生命中的凝聚态物理。E-mail:yanggc@wzu.edu.cn E-mail:yanggc@wzu.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:李树行(1989—),男,硕士研究生,研究方向为生命中的凝聚态物理。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(11574232,11274245)

Effect of divalent ions on the polyelectrolyte chains at different pH

LI Shu-hang, ZHU Ze-dong, XU Zi-yan, YANG Guang-can*   

  1. School of Mathematics and Electronic Information Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
  • Received:2019-04-15 Online:2019-08-20 Published:2019-08-07

摘要: 基于郎之万动力学方法,研究了不同pH环境下二价反离子对半柔性聚电解质链构象变化的影响。聚电解质用粗粒度的珠簧模型表示,在pH-pK>0时,回转半径几乎不变,随着pH-pK值的降低,聚电解质链的回转半径减小并且逐渐发生了缩合。在实验中,通过改变Mg2+介导下DNA溶液的pH环境,对DNA进行了原子力显微镜扫描成像,发现DNA在中性和弱酸性环境中保持自由松散状态,当pH降低到4以下,即酸性变强时DNA逐步缩合成球状并达到稳定,这一结果与模拟结果一致。

关键词: 郎之万动力学, 反离子, 聚电解质, pH, DNA

Abstract: In this study, the effect of divalent counterions on the conformational change of the semi-flexible polyelectrolyte chains was investigated at different pH based on Langevin’s dynamics. Polyelectrolyte is represented by a coarse-grained bead spring model, with the radius of gyration (Rg) remaining almost constant at pH-pK>0. Rg reduces and the polyelectrolyte chain shrinks as the value of pH-pK decreases. Meanwhile, in the experiment, the atomic force microscopy images of the DNA mediated by Mg2+ were obtained in different pH environments to denote that the DNA remained in a free and loose state in neutral and weakly acidic environments. At pH<4, i.e., strong acidity, DNA was gradually condensed into a spherical shape and stabilized. Further, the experimental result agrees with the simulation results.

Key words: Langevin’s dynamics, counter ion, polyelectrolyte, pH, DNA

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  • Q71