We consider a charged polymer exposed to an external electric field, and estimate the electrophoretic mobility
for a varying ionic strength of ambient fluids. The hydrodynamic interaction among the monomers and the
ambient ions is taken into account...
We consider a charged polymer exposed to an external electric field, and estimate the electrophoretic mobility
for a varying ionic strength of ambient fluids. The hydrodynamic interaction among the monomers and the
ambient ions is taken into account by using the Zimm model, and the electrostatic effects are incorporated by
using the counterion condensation theory. We calculate the mobility of a polyelectrolyte immersed in an ionic
solution based on the previous theoretical approaches by Onsager and by Manning, and point out the limitations
of those theoretical results. A modified counterion condensation theory in the presence of salts is suggested and
used to calculate the polyelectrolyte mobility