Seminar Abstract
October 5, 2005
"Interaction between Charged Surfaces Mediated by Divalent Ions"
Dr. Klemen Bohinc
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Laboratory of Physics
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
In my talk, I will discuss the interaction between charged surfaces that are
in contact with an electrolyte solution composed of divalent rod-like ions.
The Poisson-Boltzmann theory will be applied for short divalent rod-like ions.
It will be shown that attraction between like-charged surfaces above a
critical distance between the two individual charges of the divalent ions is
obtained. At the end, an outlook for possible extensions of the problem will be given.
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