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Hirohisa Tamagawa1, Toi Nakahata2, Ren Sugimori2

  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan. tamagawa.hirohisa.z7@f.gifu-u.ac.jp.

Acta Biotheoretica
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PubMed

Keywords:
Ion adsorptionMembrane potentialNernst equationSurface chargeSurface potential

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