A Poisson-Nernst-Planck model for biological ion channels - An asymptotic analysis in a three-dimensional narrow funnel

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 949-968

  Singer, A ^a   Norbury, J ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Current voltage relations; Ion channels; Poisson Nernst Planck; Singular perturbations

Indexed keywords

APPLIED POTENTIALS; ATOMIC SCALE; BIOLOGICAL ION CHANNELS; CHANNEL STRUCTURES; CONTINUUM MODEL; CURRENT-VOLTAGE RELATIONS; DEBYE LENGTH; FLOWTHROUGH; ION CHANNEL; IONIC CURRENT; IONIC PERMEATION; LAPLACIANS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OHM'S LAW; POISSON-NERNST-PLANCK; POISSON-NERNST-PLANCK EQUATIONS; PROTEIN CHANNELS; SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS; SINGULAR PERTURBATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; IONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POISSON EQUATION; PROTEINS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77955195919     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070687037     Document Type: Article

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