Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2012-01-05
Phys. Rev. E 84, 061903 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
5 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.84.061903
The interaction between surface patches of proteins with different surface properties has a vital role to play driving conformational changes of proteins in different salt solutions. We demonstrate the existence of ion-specific attractive double-layer forces between neutral hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces in the presence of certain salt solutions. This is done by solving a generalized Poisson-Boltzmann equation for two unequal surfaces. In the calculations we utilize parameterized ion-surface-potentials and dielectric-constant-profiles deduced from recent non-primitive-model molecular dynamics (MD) simulations that account partially for molecular structure and hydration effects.
Boström Mathias
Lima Eduardo R. A.
Schwierz Nadine
Sernelius Bo E.
Tavares Frederico W.
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