Complexation of a polyelectrolyte with an oppositely charged spherical macroion is studied for both salt-free and salty solutions. When a polyelectrolyte winds around the macroion, its turns repel each other and form an almost equidistant solenoid. It is shown that this repulsive correlations of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine factors that impact knowledge transfer from the parent corporation to subsidiaries when there are differences in the national culture of the parent corporation and the subsidiary. Transferring knowledge can be especially difficult when the...

Charge inversion of a DNA double helix by an oppositely charged flexible polyelectrolyte (PE) is widely used for gene delivery. It is considered here taking into account the discreteness of the charges of DNA. We concentrate on the worst scenario case when in the neutral state of the DNA-PE...