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Binding effects in multivalent Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium

Castelnovo, M and Evilevitch, Alex LU orcid (2006) In Europhysics Letters 73(4). p.635-641
Abstract
The classical Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium describes excess osmotic pressure associated with confined colloidal charges embedded in an electrolyte solution. In this work, we extend this approach to describe the influence of multivalent ion binding on the equilibrium force acting on a charged rod translocating between two compartments, thereby mimicking ionic effects on force balance during in vitro DNA ejection from bacteriophage. The subtle interplay between Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium and adsorption equilibrium leads to a non-monotonic variation of the ejection force as multivalent salt concentration is increased, in qualitative agreement with experimental observations.
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Europhysics Letters
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10.1209/epl/i2005-10425-3
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  publisher    = {{EDP Sciences}},
  series       = {{Europhysics Letters}},
  title        = {{Binding effects in multivalent Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2005-10425-3}},
  doi          = {{10.1209/epl/i2005-10425-3}},
  volume       = {{73}},
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