Optical tweezers—from calibration to applications: a tutorial

J Gieseler, JR Gomez-Solano, A Magazzù… - Advances in Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Since their invention in 1986 by Arthur Ashkin and colleagues, optical tweezers have
become an essential tool in several fields of physics, spectroscopy, biology …

Forces between solid surfaces in aqueous electrolyte solutions

AM Smith, M Borkovec, G Trefalt - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
This review addresses experimental findings obtained with direct force measurements
between two similar or dissimilar solid surfaces in aqueous electrolyte solutions …

Charge regulation in the electrical double layer: ion adsorption and surface interactions

G Trefalt, SH Behrens, M Borkovec - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
Charge regulation in the electrical double layer has important implications for ion
adsorption, interparticle forces, colloidal stability, and deposition phenomena. Although …

Charge regulation in biomolecular solution

M Lund, B Jönsson - Quarterly reviews of biophysics, 2013 - cambridge.org
Proteins and other biomolecules contain acidic and basic titratable groups that give rise to
intricate charge distributions and control electrostatic interactions.'Charge …

Roughness effects on the surface charge properties of silica nanoparticles

BO Alan, M Barisik, HG Ozcelik - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The surface charge property of silica nanoparticles plays a key role in their function.
Previous studies assumed surface charge as a homogeneously distributed constant material …

Dielectric effects in the self-assembly of binary colloidal aggregates

K Barros, E Luijten - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
Electrostatic interactions play an important role in numerous self-assembly phenomena,
including colloidal aggregation. Although colloids typically have a dielectric constant that …

Charge regulation effects in nanoparticle self-assembly

T Curk, E Luijten - Physical review letters, 2021 - APS
Nanoparticles in solution acquire charge through the dissociation or association of surface
groups. Thus, a proper description of their electrostatic interactions requires the use of …

Identification of droplet-flow-induced electric energy on electrolyte–insulator–semiconductor structure

J Park, S Song, YJ Yang, SH Kwon… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Recently, various energy transducers driven by the relative motion of solids and liquids have
been demonstrated. However, in relation to the energy transducer, a proper understanding …

Extracting local surface charges and charge regulation behavior from atomic force microscopy measurements at heterogeneous solid-electrolyte interfaces

C Zhao, D Ebeling, I Siretanu, D van den Ende… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a method to determine the local surface charge of solid–liquid interfaces from
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) measurements that takes into account shifts of the …

Swelling pressure of montmorillonite with multiple water layers at elevated temperatures and water pressures: A molecular dynamics study

Y Yang, R Qiao, Y Wang, S Sun - Applied Clay Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The swelling of clay at high temperature and pressure is important for applications including
nuclear waste storage but is not well understood. A molecular dynamics study of the …