A fast algorithm for treating dielectric discontinuities in charged spherical colloids

Interdisciplinary Sciences – Computational Life Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-26

  Xu, Zhenli ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

colloidal suspensions; dielectric spheres; electrostatic polarization; Green's functions; method of images

Indexed keywords

ION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPEDANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; IONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLUTIONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84864306562     PISSN: 19132751     EISSN: 18671462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12539-012-0113-1     Document Type: Article

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