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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254152003321

Autore

Fornés José Antonio

Titolo

Electrical Fluctuations in Polyelectrolytes / / by José Antonio Fornés

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-33840-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 91 p. 32 illus., 30 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science, , 2191-5415

Disciplina

540

Soggetti

Electrochemistry

Biophysics

Nanotechnology

Nanoscience

Nanophysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: The Electrical Capacitance, the Link to the Electrical Fluctuations -- Chapter 2: Electrical Fluctuations in Colloid and Ionic Solutions -- Chapter 3: Electrical Fluctuations Around a Charged Colloidal Cylinder in an Electrolyte -- Chapter 4: Dielectric Relaxation Around a Charged Colloidal Cylinder in an Electrolyte -- Chapter 5: The Polarizability of Rodlike Polyelectrolytes: An Electric Circuit View -- Chapter 6: pH Fluctuations in Unilamellar Vesicles -- Chapter 7: Electrical Fluctuations on the Surfaces of Proteins from Hydrodynamic Data.

Sommario/riassunto

This brief is the result of the research the author has performed in recent years covering electrical fluctuations in numerous systems, including molecular electrical fluctuations, ionic fluctuations, ionic dielectric relaxation, spherical and cylindrical polyelectrolytes, ionic polarizability in polyelectrolytes, pH fluctuation in vesicles and electrical fluctuations in proteins. The importance of estimating electrical fluctuations resides in its richness of information and omnipresence in biological systems. In order to understand how these systems work it is vital to know the magnitude of their electrical



fluctuations. Electromagnetic fluctuations are the origin of London (Van der Waals) forces between molecules, and Lifshitz forces between macro objects. Protonic fluctuations are the origin of Kirkwood and Shumaker forces between molecules and pH fluctuations. Furthermore, protonic fluctuations could be the cause of the dielectric increment of proteins in solution. Local electrical fluctuations can influence chemical reactions and so on. This book addresses the interplay of these pervasive phenomena. .