Finite element approximation to a finite-size modified poisson-boltzmann equation

Journal of Scientific Computing

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-364

  Chaudhry, Jehanzeb Hameed ^a   Bond, Stephen D ^b   Olson, Luke N ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Poisson Bikerman; Poisson Boltzmann

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; IONIC CONCENTRATIONS; MODIFIED EQUATION; NUMERICAL EVALUATIONS; POISSON-BIKERMAN; POISSON-BOLTZMANN; POISSON-BOLTZMANN EQUATIONS; STERIC EFFECT; WELLPOSEDNESS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

POISSON EQUATION;

EID: 79959545610     PISSN: 08857474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10915-010-9441-7     Document Type: Article

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