Recently, there has been a surge of activity to elucidate the
behavior of highly charged soft matter and Coulomb fluids in
general. Such systems are ubiquitous, especially in biological
matter where the length scale and the strength of the interaction
between highly charged biomolecules are governed by strong
electrostatic effects. Several interesting limits have been
discovered in the parameter space of highly charged many-particle
Coulomb matter where analytical progress is possible and completely
novel and unexpected results have been obtained. One of the
challenges in highly charged matter is to correctly describe
systems with finite coupling strength in the transition regime
between weak and strong couplings. After studying the fluctuations
of both, several theories have been developed that describe this
experimentally highly relevant regime. At the same time, computer
simulation algorithms and computing power have advanced to the
level where all-ion simulations, including many-body and
polarization effects, are possible; the new theories thus can be
subjected to numerical confirmation. Another important question is
the effect of the structural disorder on electrostatic
interactions. It has recently been demonstrated, both theoretically
and experimentally, that charge disorder can impose long-range
interaction between charged or even uncharged surfaces. These
interactions might become very significant in biological
processes.
Filling a void in the literature, this volume cross-pollinates
different theoretical and simulation approaches with new
experiments and ties together the low temperature, high coupling
constant, and disorder parameters in a unified description of the
electrostatic interactions, which largely determine the stability
and conformations of most important biological macromolecules.
With striking graphical illustrations, the book presents a
unified view of the current advances in the field of Coulomb
(bio)colloidal systems, building on previous literature that
summarized the field over 20 years ago. Leading scientists in the
field offer a detailed introduction to different modern methods in
statistical physics of Coulomb systems. They detail various
approaches to elucidate the behavior of strongly charged soft
matter. They also provide experimental and theoretical descriptions
of disorder effects in Coulomb systems, which have not been
discussed in any other book.
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