Numerical Study of the Poisson-Boltzmann Equation for Biomolecular Electrostatics
Author(s)
Tan, Lian Hing; Lim, Kian Meng; White, Jacob K.
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Electrostatics interaction plays a very important role in almost all biomolecular systems. The Poisson-Boltzmann equation is widely used to treat this electrostatic effect in an ionic solution. In this work, a simple mixed discrete-continuum model is considered and boundary element method is used to solve for the solution.
Date issued
2006-01Series/Report no.
High Performance Computation for Engineered Systems (HPCES)
Keywords
Boundary Element Method, Biomolecular electrostatics, Poisson-Boltzmann Equation