Physics – Biological Physics
Scientific paper
2007-12-29
Europhys. Lett. 82, 48001 (2008)
Physics
Biological Physics
6 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1209/0295-5075/82/48001
Despite its importance, the understanding of ionic cloud distribution close to a charged macroion under physiological salt conditions has remained very limited especially for strongly coupled systems with, for instance, multivalent counterions. Here we present a formalism that predicts both counterion and coion distributions in the vicinity of a charged macroion for an arbitrary amount of added salt and in both limits of mean field and strong coupling. The distribution functions are calculated explicitly for ions next to an infinite planar charged wall. We present a schematic phase diagram identifying different physical regimes in terms of electrostatic coupling parameter and bulk salt concentration.
Hansen Per-Lyngs
Naji Ali
Podgornik Rudolf
Punkkinen Olli
Vattulainen Ilpo
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