Strange electrostatics in physics, chemistry, and biology

Yan Levin

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2005, vol. 352, issue 1, 43-52

Abstract: In this paper I will briefly review some curious, and often counterintuitive, results found when the electrostatics and the many-body physics are brought together. The discussion is purely classical, with examples drawn from areas of physics, chemistry, and biology.

Keywords: Thomson problem; Darwin Lagrangian; Electrolytes; Polyelectrolytes; DNA; Colloids; Charge reversal; Overcharging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.12.033

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