Overcharging by macroions: above all, an entropy effect

2001/05/15 by Marcelo Lozada-Cassou, Marcelo Lozada‐Cassou, Lozada-Cassou, Marcelo +3
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph) #Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions #FOS: Physical sciences #physics.chem-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0105043

4 pages, 5 figures

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Abstract

Model macroion solutions next to a charged wall show interface true overcharging, charge reversal and inversion, and layering. Macroion layering is present, even if the wall or the macroparticle are uncharged or if the wall and macroions are like-charged. An effective long-range attractive force between the adsorbed macroions is implied. The results are obtained through an integral equation theory and a new extended Poisson-Boltzmann theory, and are in accordance with experiments on confined macroions and polymer layering.

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