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The first-order linear positivity preserving schemes in time are available for the time dependent Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equations, second-order linear ones are still challenging. In this paper, we propose the first- and second-order…
The Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) system is a standard model for describing ion transport. In many applications, e.g., ions in biological tissues, the presence of thin boundary layers poses both modelling and computational challenges. In this…
A pore network modeling (PNM) framework for the simulation of transport of charged species, such as ions, in porous media is presented. It includes the Nernst-Planck (NP) equations for each charged species in the electrolytic solution in…
In this paper we propose and analyze a finite difference numerical scheme for the Poisson-Nernst-Planck equation (PNP) system. To understand the energy structure of the PNP model, we make use of the Energetic Variational Approach (EnVarA),…
In this paper, we construct a semi-implicit finite difference method for the time dependent Poisson-Nernst-Planck system. Although the Poisson-Nernst-Planck system is a nonlinear system, the numerical method presented in this paper only…
We present a novel class of high-order space-time finite element schemes for the Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equations. We prove that our schemes are mass conservative, positivity preserving, and unconditionally energy stable for any order…
We consider numerical methods for the Poisson-Nernst-Planck-Cahn-Hilliard (PNPCH) equations with steric interactions. We propose a novel energy stable numerical scheme that respects mass conservation and positivity at the discrete level.…
We present and analyze two stabilized finite element methods for solving numerically the Poisson--Nernst--Planck equations. The stabilization we consider is carried out by using a shock detector and a discrete graph Laplacian operator for…
This paper develops a family of fast, structure-preserving numerical algorithms for the nonlinear Maxwell-Ampere Nernst-Planck equations. For the first-order scheme, the Slotboom transformation rewrites the Nernst-Planck equation to enable…
The Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equations are one of the most effective model for describing electrostatic interactions and diffusion processes in ion solution systems, and have been widely used in the numerical simulations of biological…
In this paper, to study ionic steric effects, we present a linear, decoupled, second-order accurate in time and structure-preserving scheme with finite element approximations for Carreau fluid equations coupled with steric…
We propose in this paper efficient first/second-order time-stepping schemes for the evolutional Navier-Stokes-Nernst-Planck-Poisson equations. The proposed schemes are constructed using an auxiliary variable reformulation and sophisticated…
The transport of charged particles, which can be described by the Maxwell-Ampere Nernst-Planck (MANP) framework, is essential in various applications including ion channels and semiconductors. We propose a decoupled structure-preserving…
Small-scale plasticity problems are often characterised by different patterning behaviours ranging from macroscopic down to the atomistic scale. In successful models of such complex behaviour, its origin lies within non-convexity of the…
This work proposes a fast iterative method for local steric Poisson--Boltzmann (PB) theories, in which the electrostatic potential is governed by the Poisson's equation and ionic concentrations satisfy equilibrium conditions. To present the…
Charge dynamics play essential role in many practical applications such as semiconductors, electrochemical devices and transmembrane ion channels. A Maxwell-Amp\`{e}re Nernst-Planck (MANP) model that describes charge dynamics via…
In this work, we develop novel structure-preserving numerical schemes for a class of nonlinear Fokker--Planck equations with nonlocal interactions. Such equations can cover many cases of importance, such as porous medium equations with…
This work considers charged systems described by the modified Poisson--Nernst--Planck (PNP) equations, which incorporate ionic steric effects and the Born solvation energy for dielectric inhomogeneity. Solving the steady-state modified PNP…
We develop a structure-preserving numerical discretization for the electrostatic Euler-Poisson equations with a constant magnetic field. The scheme preserves positivity of the density, positivity of the internal energy and a minimum…
In this paper, we investigate the correlated diffusion of two ion species governed by a Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) system. Here we further validate the numerical scheme recently proposed in \cite{astuto2025asymptotic}, where a time…