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Structure and thermodynamics in restricted primitive model electrolytes are examined using three recently developed versions of a linear form of the modified Poisson-Boltzmann equation. Analytical expressions for the osmotic coefficient and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-06-28 L. B. Bhuiyan

In this paper, a lattice Boltzmann (LB) model with double distribution functions is proposed for two-phase flow in porous media where one distribution function is used for pressure governed by the Poisson equation, and the other is applied…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-08-24 Zhenhua Chai , Hong Liang , Rui Du , Baochang Shi

We assess the dielectrically consistent reference interaction site model (DRISM) as an implicit electrolyte framework for modeling the electrochemical double layer, and compare it with the Poisson-Boltzmann model and explicit molecular…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-04-01 Alessandro Mangiameli , Christopher J. Stein

We present a robust scheme for solving the electrokinetic equations. This goal is achieved by combining the lattice-Boltzmann method (LB) with a discrete solution of the convection-diffusion equation for the different charged and neutral…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Fabrizio Capuani , Ignacio Pagonabarraga , Daan Frenkel

Electrochemical devices often consist of multicomponent electrolyte solutions. Two processes influence the overall dynamics of these devices: the formation of electrical double layers and chemical conversion due to redox reactions. However,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-06-20 Nathan Jarvey , Filipe Henrique , Ankur Gupta

In this paper we develop a methodology for the mesoscale simulation of strong electrolytes. The methodology is an extension of the Fluctuating Immersed Boundary (FIB) approach that treats a solute as discrete Lagrangian particles that…

We present theoretical and numerical studies on stiff, linear polyelectrolytes within the framework of the cell model. We first review analytical results obtained on a mean-field Poisson-Boltzmann level, and then use molecular dynamics…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Markus Deserno , Christian Holm

The interaction of particles in an electrolytic medium can be calculated by solving the Poisson equation inside the solutes and the linearized Poisson--Boltzmann equation in the solvent, with suitable boundary conditions at the interfaces.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-12-12 Sergii V. Siryk , Walter Rocchia

The Poisson-Boltzmann equation is a nonlinear elliptic equation with Dirac distribution sources, which has been widely applied to the prediction of electrostatics potential of biological biomolecular systems in solution. In this paper, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-18 Linghan Huang , Shi Shu , Ying Yang

Electroconvective flow between two infinitely long parallel electrodes is investigated via a multiphysics computational model. The model solves for spatiotemporal flow properties using two-relaxation-time Lattice Boltzmann Method for fluid…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-07-31 Yifei Guan , Igor Novosselov

Charged surfaces in contact with liquids containing ions are accompanied in equilibrium by an electric double layer consisting of a layer of electric charge on the surface that is screened by a diffuse ion cloud in the bulk fluid. This…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-09-21 Jeffrey C. Everts , Miha Ravnik

We extend the classical Gouy-Chapman model of two planar parallel interacting double-layers, which is used as a first approximation to describe the force between colloidal particles, by considering the finite-thickness of the colloids. The…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Aldemar Torres , Rene van Roij , Gabriel Tellez

Ionic liquids are solvent-free electrolytes, some of which possess an intriguing self-assembly property. Using a mean-field framework (based on Onsager's relations) we show that bulk nano-structures arise via type-I and II phase transitions…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-06-07 Sariel Bier , Nir Gavish , Hannes Uecker , Arik Yochelis

An accurate force calculation with the Poisson-Boltzmann equation is challenging, as it requires the electric field on the molecular surface. Here, we present a calculation of the electric field on the solute-solvent interface that is exact…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-01-13 Ian Addison-Smith , Horacio V. Guzmán , Christopher D. Cooper

We develop a first-principle equation of state of salt-free polyelectrolyte solution in the limit of infinitely long flexible polymer chains in the framework of a field-theoretical formalism beyond the linear Debye-Hueckel theory and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-08-04 Yu. A. Budkov , A. L. Kolesnikov , N. Georgi , E. A. Nogovitsyn , M. G. Kiselev

The solvation environments of Li$^+$ in conventional non-aqueous battery electrolytes, such as LiPF$_6$ in mixtures of ethylene carbaronate (EC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), are often used to rationalize the transport properties of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-20 Zachary A. H. Goodwin , Daniel M. Markiewitz , Qisheng Wu , Yue Qi , Martin Z. Bazant

Poisson-Boltzmann theory allows one to study soft matter and biophysical systems involving point-like charges of low valencies. The inclusion of fluctuation corrections beyond the mean-field approach typically requires the application of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-04-30 R. Blossey , A. C. Maggs

We formulate a general mean-field theory of a flat electric double layer in ionic liquids and electrolyte solutions with ions possessing static polarizability and a permanent dipole moment on a charged electrode. We establish a new…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-08-17 Yu. A. Budkov , S. V. Zavarzin , A. L. Kolesnikov

It is well known that the Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation yields the exact counterion density around charged objects in the weak coupling limit. In this paper we generalize the PB approach to account for coupling of arbitrary strength by…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Garcia-Morales , J. Cervera , J. Pellicer

The Vlasov-Poisson system for ions is a kinetic equation for dilute, unmagnetised plasma. It describes the evolution of the ions in a plasma under the assumption that the electrons are thermalized. Consequently, the Poisson coupling for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Megan Griffin-Pickering