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The dimensions of biological cells and biopolymers are in the range of classic colloids, a region where surfaces play an important role in determining the properties of a system. When the biological surfaces are charged, the effects on the properties are usually more pronounced, and can be calculated in terms of the resulting electrical double layers.
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Blank, M. (1986). Electrical Double Layers in Ion Transport and Excitation. In: Blank, M. (eds) Electrical Double Layers in Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8145-7_9
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