Charged membranes are fundamental components of natural and artificial systems, such as cell membranes, fuel cells, and artificial muscles. However, the coupling between their mechanics and electrochemistry is still poorly understood.
In their new manuscript published in npj Computational Mechanics, our postdoctoral associate Alain Boldini and Prof. Maurizio Porfiri proposed an accurate physically based model of charged membranes, which highlighted the effects of non-ideal behavior of the solution in the membrane on its mechanics and electrochemistry.
Read the full paper “A non-ideal solution theory for the mechanics and electrochemistry of charged membranes” here.
Read the full paper “A non-ideal solution theory for the mechanics and electrochemistry of charged membranes” here.
Image credit: Alain Boldini and Maurizio Porfiri.