Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208,, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208,, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
The physical properties of proteins and polyions in electrolyte solutions are of crucial importance for understanding biological processes and for controlling biotechnological processes. The concentration of salt controls the range and strength of the interactions in these complex electrolytes. Here, multiscale coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations reveal long-range interactions between nanoparticles in aqueous solutions at high monovalent salt concentrations. The simulations explain the crystallization of nanoparticles even when they are strongly charged and explain the reentrant attractive to repulsive to attractive interactions as the nanoparticle charge density increases in high monovalent salt-concentration conditions.
Li, Yaohua, et al. "Strong attractions and repulsions mediated by monovalent salts." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 114, no. 45, Oct. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713168114
Li, Yaohua, Girard, Martin, Shen, Meng, Millan, Jaime Andres, & Olvera de la Cruz, Monica (2017). Strong attractions and repulsions mediated by monovalent salts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(45). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713168114
Li, Yaohua, Girard, Martin, Shen, Meng, et al., "Strong attractions and repulsions mediated by monovalent salts," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114, no. 45 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713168114
@article{osti_1402121,
author = {Li, Yaohua and Girard, Martin and Shen, Meng and Millan, Jaime Andres and Olvera de la Cruz, Monica},
title = {Strong attractions and repulsions mediated by monovalent salts},
annote = {Significance The physical properties of proteins and polyions in electrolyte solutions are of crucial importance for understanding biological processes and for controlling biotechnological processes. The concentration of salt controls the range and strength of the interactions in these complex electrolytes. Here, multiscale coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations reveal long-range interactions between nanoparticles in aqueous solutions at high monovalent salt concentrations. The simulations explain the crystallization of nanoparticles even when they are strongly charged and explain the reentrant attractive to repulsive to attractive interactions as the nanoparticle charge density increases in high monovalent salt-concentration conditions.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1713168114},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1402121},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
issn = {ISSN 0027-8424},
number = {45},
volume = {114},
place = {United States},
publisher = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
year = {2017},
month = {10}}
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 45 Vol. 114; ISSN 0027-8424