A field theoretic approach to the electric interfacial layer — Mixture of trivalent rod-like and monovalent point-like ions between charged walls

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Interactions between charged surfaces mediated by stiff, multivalent zwitterionic polymers

“…We expect that the salt will screen the charge on the macroions (charged plates), leading to a decreased interaction range and shrinking of the attractive regime. 34,57…”