| Issue |
EPL
Volume 86, Number 3, May 2009
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 36001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/86/36001 | |
| Published online | 11 May 2009 | |
Ionic polarizability of interacting charged rods
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University - 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8087, USA
Corresponding author: jerrymanning@rcn.com
Received:
18
February
2009
Accepted:
15
April
2009
The counterions condensed on rodlike polyion segments are polarized by the longitudinal component of an external electric field. We show that the polarizability is diminished by electrostatic interactions among the rods. This result may be a useful step toward the understanding of anomalous birefringence of charged rodlike particles such as fd virus in conditions favoring interactions.
PACS: 61.30.Gd – Orientational order of liquid crystals; electric and magnetic field effects on order / 77.22.Ej – Polarization and depolarization / 78.20.Fm – Birefringence
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