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invoked to discuss these properties based on selected references from the
literature. For weakly charged DCPs, if the core contribution dominates, then
the counter ions are free outside the corona and one recovers essentially the
scaling laws known for neutral amphiphilic macromolecules. For strongly
charged DCPs, the counter ions are confined inside the stretched corona. The
scaling behavior expresses the overwhelming influence of charged blocks.
However, a small amount of added salt would produce a rapid transition to the
neutral limit.
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