Renormalized Surface Charge Density for a Strongly Charged Plate in Asymmetric Electrolytes: Exact Asymptotic Expansion in Poisson Boltzmann Theory

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1121-1139

  Han, Ming ^a   Xing, Xiangjun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansion; Asymptotic matching; Charge renormalization; Poisson Boltzmann; Singularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877627381     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-013-0751-7     Document Type: Article

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