The electric double layer has a life of its own

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 18291-18298

  Merlet, Céline ^a,b,c   Limmer, David T ^d   Salanne, Mathieu ^a,b   Van Roij, René ^e   Madden, Paul A ^f   Chandler, David ^g   Rotenberg, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIC LIQUIDS; MEAN FIELD THEORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITANCE; DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING METHOD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84906252054     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp503224w     Document Type: Article

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