Summary: EUROPHYSICS LETTERS
Europhys. Lett., 11 (8), pp. 763-768 (1990)
15 April 1990
Electrostatic Interactions, Curvature Elasticity, and Steric
Repulsion in Multimembrane Systems.
P. PINCUS(*) (**), J.-F. JOANNY(***) and D. ANDELMAN(**) (*,*)
(*) Materials Department, College of Engineering, University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
(**I Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California
Santa Barbara, C A 93106, USA
(***) Institut Charles Sadron - 6 rue Boussingault, 67083 Strasbourg Cedex, France
(***) School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University
Ramat Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel
(received 20 November 1989; accepted 25 January 1990)
PACS. 68.10 - Fluid surfaces and interfaces with fluids (inc. surface tension, capillarity,
PACS. 61.30 - Liquid crystals.
PACS. 82.70 - Disperse systems.
wetting and related phenomena).
Abstract. - The effects of electrostatic interactions on steric repulsion and curvature elasticity
are considered for dilute multimembrane systems as a function of the electrolyte strength,