title: Ionic interactions are everywhere.
abstract: Ionic solutions are dominated by interactions because they must be electrically neutral, but classical theory assumes no interactions. Biological solutions are rather like seawater, concentrated enough so that the diameter of ions also produces important interactions. In my view, the theory of complex fluids is needed to deal with the interacting reality of biological solutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019471:Elementary Particle Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology; D007477:Ions; D008954:Models, Biological; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D007477:Ions; D012996:Solutions