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We revisit the image charge method for the Green's function problem of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation for a dielectric sphere immersed in ionic solutions. Using finite Mellin transformation, we represent the reaction potential due to a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-04-25 Zhenli Xu , Yihao Liang , Xiangjun Xing

This review explores the number of mean-field constructions for ions whose structure goes beyond the point-charge description, a representation used in the standard Poisson-Boltzmann equation. The exploration is motivated by a body of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-09-05 Derek Frydel

More than 80 years ago, Born-Infeld electrodynamics was proposed in order to remove the point charge singularity in Maxwell electrodynamics. In this work, after a brief introduction to Lagrangian formulation of Abelian Born-Infeld model in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-04 Seyed Kamran Moayedi , Mansoureh Shafabakhsh , Farkhondeh Fathi

We develop of a field-theoretic approach for the treatment of both the non-local and the non-linear response of structured liquid dielectrics. Our systems of interest are composed of dipolar solvent molecules and simple salt cations and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-02-01 Ralf Blossey , Rudolf Podgornik

Polymeric ionic liquids are emerging polyelectrolyte materials for modern electrochemical applications. In this paper, we propose a self-consistent field theory of the polymeric ionic liquid on a charged conductive electrode. Taking into…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-02-02 Yury A. Budkov , Nikolai N. Kalikin , Andrei L. Kolesnikov

I derive formulas for the electrostatic potential of a charge in or near a membrane modeled as one or more dielectric slabs lying between two semi-infinite dielectrics. One can use these formulas in Monte Carlo codes to compute the…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2015-05-27 Kevin Cahill

Electrostatic interactions make a large contribution to solvation free energy in ionic fluids such as electrolytes and colloidal dispersions. The electrostatic contribution to solvation free energy has been ascribed to the self-energy of a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-02-19 Hiroshi Frusawa

The current density of a moving electric dipole is expressed as the sum of polarization and magnetization currents. The magnetic field due to the latter current is that of a magnetic dipole moment that is consistent with the relativistic…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 V. Hnizdo

This review describes the theory and implementation of implicit solvation models based on continuum electrostatics. Within quantum chemistry this formalism is sometimes synonymous with the polarizable continuum model, a particular…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-03-15 John M. Herbert

We reformulate and extend porous electrode theory for non-ideal active materials, including those capable of phase transformations. Using principles of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, we relate the cell voltage, ionic fluxes, and Faradaic…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2012-08-24 Todd R. Ferguson , Martin Z. Bazant

The state of a static spherically symmetric relativistic axionically active multi-component plasma in the gravitational, magnetic and electric fields of an axionic dyon is studied in the framework of the Einstein - Maxwell - Boltzmann -…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-16 Alexander B. Balakin , Dmitry E. Groshev

We have directly observed reversal of the polarity of charged surfaces in water upon the addition of tri- and quadrivalent ions using atomic force microscopy. The bulk concentration of multivalent ions at which charge inversion reversibly…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Besteman , M. A. G. Zevenbergen , H. A. Heering , S. G. Lemay

We present the theory and implementation of a Poisson-Boltzmann implicit solvation model for electrolyte solutions. This model can be combined with arbitrary electronic structure methods that provide an accurate charge density of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Christopher J. Stein , John M. Herbert , Martin Head-Gordon

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

A nonlinear phase-field model is developed to simulate corrosion damage. The motion of the electrode$-$ electrolyte interface follows the usual kinetic rate theory for chemical reactions based on the Butler-Volmer equation. The model links…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 M. Makuch , S. Kovacevic , M. R. Wenman , E. Martínez-Pañeda

We consider the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation in the context of electrostatic models for a biological macromolecule, embedded in a bounded domain containing a solution of an arbitrary number of ionic species which is not necessarily…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-04-26 José A. Iglesias , Svetoslav Nakov

We analyze the simplest problem of electrochemical relaxation in more than one dimension - the response of an uncharged, ideally polarizable metallic sphere (or cylinder) in a symmetric, binary electrolyte to a uniform electric field. In…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 Kevin T. Chu , Martin Z. Bazant

We study the role of electron-electron interactions for spin polarized transport using the Boltzmann equation and derive a set of coupled transport equations. For spin polarized transport the electron-electron interactions are important,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Karsten Flensberg , Thomas Stibius Jensen , Niels Asger Mortensen

The ferroelectric polarization of perovskite oxides is much larger than implied by displacement of static ionic charges. We use an explicitly correlated scheme to investigate the phenomenon; charge transport is evaluated as a geometric…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-07-07 R. Resta , S. Sorella

We consider the interactions between two uncharged planar macroscopic surfaces immersed in an electrolyte solution which are induced by interfacial selectivity. These forces are taken into account by introducing a depletion free-energy…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 M. N. Tamashiro , P. Pincus