Poisson-Nernst-Planck Systems for Ion Flow with Density Functional Theory for Hard-Sphere Potential: I-V Relations and Critical Potentials. Part I: Analysis

Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 955-983

  Ji, Shuguan ^a   Liu, Weishi ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical potentials; Hard sphere; I V relation; Ion flow; PNP DFT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870371700     PISSN: 10407294     EISSN: 15729222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10884-012-9277-y     Document Type: Article

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