| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 73, Number 4, February 2006
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 635 - 641 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2005-10425-3 | |
| Published online | 06 January 2006 | |
Binding effects in multivalent Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium
1
Laboratoire Joliot-Curie et Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon - 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
2
Department of Biochemistry, Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Lund University - P.O. Box 124, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Received:
1
August
2005
Accepted:
14
December
2005
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.
PACS: 82.60.Lf – Thermodynamics of solutions / 82.35.Rs – Polyelectrolytes / 82.39.Wj – Ion exchange, dialysis, osmosis, electro-osmosis, membrane processes
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