title: The polarization model for hydration/double layer interactions: the role of the electrolyte ions.
abstract: The interactions between hydrophilic surfaces in water cannot be always explained on the basis of the traditional Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory, and an additional repulsion, the "hydration force" is required to accommodate the experimental data. While this force is in general associated with the organization of water in the vicinity of the surface, different models for the hydration were typically required to explain different experiments. In this article, it is shown that the polarization-model for the double layer/hydration proposed by the authors can explain both (i) the repulsion between neutral lipid bilayers, with a short decay length ( approximately 2 A), which is almost independent of the electrolyte concentration, and, at the same time, (ii) the repulsion between weakly charged mica surfaces, with a longer decay length ( approximately 10 A), exhibiting not only a dependence on the ionic strength, but also strong ion-specific effects. The model, which was previously employed to explain the restabilization of protein-covered latex particles at high ionic strengths and the existence of a long-range repulsion between the apoferritin molecules at moderate ionic strengths, is extended to account for the additional interactions between ions and surfaces, not included in the mean field electrical potential. The effect of the disorder in the water structure on the dipole correlation length is examined and the conditions under which the results of the polarization model are qualitatively similar to those obtained by the traditional theory via parameter fitting are emphasized. However, there are conditions under which the polarization model predicts results that cannot be recovered by the traditional theory via parameter fitting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manciu
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruckenstein
mesh_terms: D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry*; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D007477:Ions; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D014867:Water