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Nonlinear Screening and Effective Interactions in Charged Colloids

Soft Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

Influences of nonlinear screening on effective interactions between spherical macroions in charged colloids are described via response theory. Nonlinear screening, in addition to generating effective many-body interactions, is shown to entail essential corrections to the pair potential and one-body volume energy. Numerical results demonstrate that nonlinear effects can substantially modify effective interactions and thermodynamics of aqueous, low-salt suspensions of highly-charged macroions.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0110096,
  title  = {Nonlinear Screening and Effective Interactions in Charged Colloids},
  author = {A. R. Denton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0110096},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures