Tuning ion correlations at an electrified soft interface.

ABSTRACT: Ion distributions play a central role in various settings-from biology, where they mediate the electrostatic interactions between charged biomolecules in solution, to energy storage devices, where they influence the charging properties of supercapacitors. These distributions are determined by interactions dictated by the chemical properties of the ions and their environment as well as the long-range nature of the electrostatic force. Recent theoretical and computational studies have explored the role of correlations between ions, which have been suggested to underlie a number of counterintuitive results, such as like-charge attraction. However, the interdependency between ion correlations and other interactions that ions experience in solution complicates the connection between physical mo

SUBMITTER: Laanait N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3528511 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature