Translational Dielectric Friction on a Chain of Charged Spheres

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</svg>) thickness. <img alt="redcircle" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/567560/figures/floats/567560/figures/redcircle.jpg"/> is a condensed counterion and <img alt="whitecircle" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/567560/figures/floats/567560/figures/whitecircle.jpg"/> is a free counterion. <b>D</b> is the displacement field due to both the polyion and the condensed counterions.</table>

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Translational Dielectric Friction on a Chain of Charged Spheres

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