Perspective: Coulomb fluids—Weak coupling, strong coupling, in between and beyond

A Naji, M Kanduč, J Forsman… - The Journal of chemical …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We present a personal view on the current state of statistical mechanics of Coulomb fluids
with special emphasis on the interactions between macromolecular surfaces, concentrating …

Modeling electrostatic patch effects in Casimir force measurements

RO Behunin, F Intravaia, DAR Dalvit, PAM Neto… - Physical Review A …, 2012 - APS
Electrostatic patch potentials give rise to forces between neutral conductors at distances in
the micrometer range and must be accounted for in the analysis of Casimir force …

Asymmetric Coulomb fluids at randomly charged dielectric interfaces: Anti-fragility, overcharging and charge inversion

A Naji, M Ghodrat, H Komaie-Moghaddam… - The Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We study the distribution of multivalent counterions next to a dielectric slab, bearing a
quenched, random distribution of charges on one of its solution interfaces, with a given …

Interaction between random heterogeneously charged surfaces in an electrolyte solution

A Bakhshandeh, AP dos Santos, A Diehl… - The Journal of chemical …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We study, using Monte Carlo simulations, the interaction between infinite heterogeneously
charged surfaces inside an electrolyte solution. The surfaces are overall neutral with …

Attraction between neutral dielectrics mediated by multivalent ions in an asymmetric ionic fluid

M Kanduč, A Naji, J Forsman… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We study the interaction between two neutral plane-parallel dielectric bodies in the
presence of a highly asymmetric ionic fluid, containing multivalent as well as monovalent …

Scattering theory of the screened Casimir interaction in electrolytes

PA Maia Neto, FSS Rosa, LB Pires, AB Moraes… - The European Physical …, 2019 - Springer
We apply the scattering approach to the Casimir interaction between two dielectric half-
spaces separated by an electrolyte solution. We take the nonlocal electromagnetic response …

Molecular recognition by van der Waals interaction between polymers with sequence-specific polarizabilities

BS Lu, A Naji, R Podgornik - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We analyze van der Waals interactions between two rigid polymers with sequence-specific,
anisotropic polarizabilities along the polymer backbones, so that the dipole moments …

Strong coupling electrostatics for randomly charged surfaces: antifragility and effective interactions

M Ghodrat, A Naji, H Komaie-Moghaddam… - Soft Matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We study the effective interaction mediated by strongly coupled Coulomb fluids between
dielectric surfaces carrying quenched, random monopolar charges with equal mean and …

Ion-mediated interactions between net-neutral slabs: Weak and strong disorder effects

M Ghodrat, A Naji, H Komaie-Moghaddam… - The Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the effective interaction between two randomly charged but otherwise net-
neutral, planar dielectric slabs immersed in an asymmetric Coulomb fluid containing a …

Pseudo-Casimir interactions across nematic films with disordered anchoring axis

FKP Haddadan, A Naji, AK Seifi… - Journal of Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the effective pseudo-Casimir interaction forces mediated by a nematic liquid-
crystalline film bounded by two planar surfaces, one of which imposes a random …