title: The influence of ion binding and ion specific potentials on the double layer pressure between charged bilayers at low salt concentrations.
abstract: Measurements of surface forces between double-chained cationic bilayers adsorbed onto molecularly smooth mica surfaces across different millimolar salt solutions have revealed a large degree of ion specificity [Pashley et al., J. Phys. Chem. 90, 1637 (1986)]. This has been interpreted in terms of highly specific anion binding to the adsorbed bilayers. We show here that inclusion in the double layer theory of nonspecific ion binding and ion specific nonelectrostatic potentials acting between ions and the two surfaces can account for the phenomenon. It also gives the right Hofmeister series for the double layer pressure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Theory and Modeling, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linkoping University, SE-58183 Linkoping, Sweden. mabos@ifm.liu.se
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bostrom
authors.forename: E R A
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Ninham
mesh_terms: D002412:Cations; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D007477:Ions; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011312:Pressure; D012492:Salts / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D007477:Ions; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D012492:Salts