A new numerical method for nonlocal electrostatics in biomolecular simulations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4059-4074

  Weggler, S ^a   Rutka, V ^b   Hildebrandt, A ^a  

^a Centrum for Bioinformatics   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomolecules; Boundary element method; Immersed interface method; Nonlocal electrostatics; Transmission problem

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DISSOCIATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SAILING VESSELS;

BIOMOLECULAR SIMULATION; BOUNDARY-ELEMENT METHODS; CONVERGENCE PROPERTIES; ELLIPTIC SYSTEM; FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROACH; IMMERSED INTERFACE METHOD; NONLOCAL; NONLOCAL ELECTROSTATIC; SYSTEMS OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TRANSMISSION PROBLEM;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 77950048769     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.01.040     Document Type: Article

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