Negative capacitance and instability at electrified interfaces: Lessons from the study of membrane capacitors

Condensed Matter Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 397-412

  Partenskii, M B ^a   Jordan, P C ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Electric double layers; Electrochemical interfaces; Instabilities and phase transitions; Membrane electroporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646355697     PISSN: 1607324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5488/CMP.8.2.397     Document Type: Article

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