Stability of charge inversion, Thomson problem, and application to electrophoresis

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 3 1, 2003, Pages

  Patra, Michael ^a   Patriarca, Marco ^a   Karttunen, Mikko ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COLLOIDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; FREE ENERGY; GROUND STATE; IONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPHERES; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

CHARGE INVERSION; FINITE MICROION CHARGE; MICROION CLOUD; MICROIONS; ZERO TEMPERATURE;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 42749102137     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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