Minimization of electrostatic free energy and the poisson-Boltzmann equation for molecular solvation with implicit solvent

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2536-2566

  Li, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic free energy; Electrostatic potentials; Implicit solvent; Ionic concentrations; Nonlinear elliptic interface problems; The Poisson Boltzmann equation; Variational methods

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ELECTROSTATICS; FREE ENERGY; IONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SOLVATION; SOLVENTS;

ELECTROSTATIC FREE ENERGY; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; ELLIPTIC INTERFACE PROBLEMS; IMPLICIT SOLVENTS; IONIC CONCENTRATIONS; POISSON-BOLTZMANN EQUATIONS; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

POISSON EQUATION;

EID: 70350480299     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: 10957111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/080712350     Document Type: Article

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