Strong electrostatic interactions in spherical colloidal systems.

@article{Messina2001StrongEI,
  title={Strong electrostatic interactions in spherical colloidal systems.},
  author={Ren'e Messina and C Holm and Kurt Kremer},
  journal={Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics},
  year={2001},
  volume={64 2 Pt 1},
  pages={
          021405
        }
}
  • R. Messina, C Holm, K. Kremer
  • Published 17 January 2001
  • Physics
  • Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
We investigate spherical macroions in the strong Coulomb coupling regime within the primitive model in salt-free environment. We first show that the ground state of an isolated colloid is naturally overcharged by simple electrostatic arguments illustrated by the Gillespie rule. We furthermore demonstrate that in the strong Coulomb coupling this mechanism leads to ionized states and thus to long range attractions between like-charged spheres. We use molecular dynamics simulations to study in… 
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