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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
Anionic dimyristoylphosphatidic acid monolayers spread on LaCl3 solutions reveal strong cation adsorption and a sharp transition to surface overcharging at unexpectedly low bulk salt concentrations. We determine the surface accumulation of La3+ with anomalous x-ray reflectivity and find that La3+ compensates the lipid surface charge by forming a Stern layer with approximately 1 La3+ ion per 3 lipids below a critical bulk concentration, ct approximately 500 nM. Above ct, the surface concentration of La3+ increases to a saturation level with approximately 1 La3+ per lipid, thus implying that the total electric charge of the La3+ exceeds the surface charge. This overcharge is observed at approximately 4 orders of magnitude lower concentration than predicted in ion-ion correlation theories. We suggest that transverse electrostatic correlations between mobile ions and surface charges (interfacial Bjerrum pairing) may contribute to the charge inversion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0031-9007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
046102
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Charge inversion at minute electrolyte concentrations.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article