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Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations are widely used to describe the electrodiffusion of ions in a solvated biomolecular system. Two kinds of two-grid finite element algorithms are proposed to decouple the steady-state Poisson-Nernst-Planck…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-09 Ying Yang , Benzhuo Lu , Yan Xie

In this research, we explore how permanent charges affect the movement of ionic currents through ion channels. We use a quasi-one-dimensional classical Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) model to study two types of ions, one positively charged and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-12-29 Hamid Mofidi

Modeling of biomolecular systems plays an essential role in understanding biological processes, such as ionic flow across channels, protein modification or interaction, and cell signaling. The continuum model described by the…

Biological Physics · Physics 2015-12-08 Yu Qiao , Benzhuo Lu

A system modeling the electrophoretic motion of a charged rigid macromolecule immersed in a incompressible ionized fluid is considered. The ionic concentration is governing by the Nernst-Planck equation coupled with the Poisson equation for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-20 Luciano Bedin , Mark Thompson

A finite element discretization using a method of lines approached is proposed for approximately solving the Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equations. This discretization scheme enforces positivity of the computed solutions, corresponding to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Chun Liu , Maximilian Metti , Jinchao Xu

A model for ionic and electronic grain boundary transport through thin films, scales or membranes with columnar grain structure is introduced. The grain structure is idealized as a lattice of identical hexagonal cells - a honeycomb pattern.…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-05-05 M. P. Tautschnig , N. M. Harrison , M. W. Finnis

In this paper we propose a computational framework for the investigation of the correlated motion between positive and negative ions exposed to the attraction of a bubble surface that mimics the (oscillating) cell membrane. The correlated…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Antonio Raudino , Antonio Grassi , Giuseppe Lombardo , Giovanni Russo , Clarissa Astuto , Mario Corti

The Poisson Nernst-Planck equations for charge concentration and electric potential in a ball is a model of electro-diffusion of ions in the head of a neuronal dendritic spine. We study the relaxation and the steady state when an initial…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-05-12 Z. Schuss J. Cartailler , D. Holcman

For the structure of the thin electrical double layer~(EDL) and the property related to the EDL capacitance, we analyze boundary layer solutions (corresponding to the electrostatic potential) of a non-local elliptic equation which is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-31 Chiun-Chang Lee

We consider the compressible Poisson-Nernst-Planck-Navier-Stokes (PNPNS) system of equations, governing the transport of charged particles under the influence of the self-consistent electrostatic potential, in a three-dimensional bounded…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-03 Daniel Marroquin , Dehua Wang

This work is concerned with the stationary Poisson--Nernst--Planck equation with a large parameter which describes a huge number of ions occupying an electrolytic region. Firstly, we focus on the model with a single specie of positive…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-20 Jhih-Hong Lyu , Chiun-Chang Lee , Tai-Chia Lin

Understanding the properties of charge dynamics is crucial to many practical applications, such as electrochemical energy devices and transmembrane ion channels. This work proposes a Maxwell-Amp\`{e}re Nernst-Planck (MANP) framework for the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-06-04 Zhonghua Qiao , Zhenli Xu , Qian Yin , Shenggao Zhou

In the framework of a multiscale modeling approach, we present a systematic study of a bipolar rectifying nanopore using a continuum and a particle simulation method. The common ground in the two methods is the application of the…

Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers are pivotal for sustainable hydrogen production, yet their long-term performance is hindered by membrane degradation, which poses reliability and safety challenges. Therefore, accurate modeling…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Alejandro Polo-Molina , Jose Portela , Luis Alberto Herrero Rozas , Román Cicero González

The Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) diffusional model for the immittance or impedance spectroscopy response of an electrolytic cell in a finite-length situation is extended to a general framework. In this new formalism, the bulk behavior of the…

In this article we address the study of ion charge transport in the biological channels separating the intra and extracellular regions of a cell. The focus of the investigation is devoted to including thermal driving forces in the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-24 Riccardo Sacco , Fabio Manganini , Joseph W. Jerome

Echo State Networks (ESNs) are recurrent neural networks usually employed for modeling nonlinear dynamic systems with relatively ease of training. By incorporating physical laws into the training of ESNs, Physics-Informed ESNs (PI-ESNs)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-05 Eric Mochiutti , Eric Aislan Antonelo , Eduardo Camponogara

In this work, we study the implementation of electrically-driven flow (EDF) models in the finite-volume framework of $\text{OpenFOAM}^\circledR$. The Poisson-Nernst-Planck model is used for the transport of charged species and it is coupled…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-09-06 Francisco Pimenta , Manuel A. Alves

Starting with a microscopic (individual-based) Brownian dynamics model of charged particles (ions), its macroscopic description is derived as a system of partial differential equations that govern the evolution of ion concentrations in…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-06-25 Jinyuan Zhang , Radek Erban

The effect of the thickness of ion exchange membranes has been investigated for electrodialysis (ED) and reverse electrodialysis (RED), both experimentally and through theoretical modeling. By developing a two-dimensional model based on…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 M. Tedesco , H. V. M. Hamelers , P. M. Biesheuvel