Issue 24, 2004

Statistical mechanical approach to competitive binding of metal ions to multi-center receptors

Abstract

A microscopic site binding model to treat binding of several metal ions to multi-center receptors is proposed. The model introduces the appropriate parameterization in terms of microscopic complexation constants and metal–metal pair interaction energies. The model is solved with statistical mechanical techniques, including direct enumeration or transfer matrices. We obtain microscopic and macroscopic complexation constants, microstate probabilities, and binding isotherms for chain-like receptors, including the long-chain limit. Various examples to illustrate the usefulness of the model are given.

Graphical abstract: Statistical mechanical approach to competitive binding of metal ions to multi-center receptors

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Sep 2004
Accepted
22 Oct 2004
First published
16 Nov 2004

Dalton Trans., 2004, 4096-4105

Statistical mechanical approach to competitive binding of metal ions to multi-center receptors

M. Borkovec, J. Hamáček and C. Piguet, Dalton Trans., 2004, 4096 DOI: 10.1039/B413603A

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