The passage of an ion through a synthetic ion channel

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1077-1084

  Morton Blake, D A ^a   Jenkins, Björn ^a   Blake, Iwan ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Castleknock College   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Atom charges; Ion channel; Ion migration; Molecular dynamics; Passive transport

Indexed keywords

15-CROWN-5 ETHER; AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE; BILAYER MEMBRANES; ELECTROLYTE LAYERS; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES; ION CHANNEL; ION MIGRATION; NUMERICAL VALUES; OXYGEN ATOM; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; SIMULATED SYSTEM; SYNTHETIC ION CHANNELS;

CROWN ETHERS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROSTATICS; ETHERS; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

IONS;

EID: 81255209266     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2011.558507     Document Type: Article

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