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PUBLICATIONS

Incorporation of Non-Electrostatic Interactions in the Poisson-Boltzmann Equation

Published

Author(s)

L L. Lue, N Zoeller, D Blankschtein

Abstract

We develop a general formalism for including non-electrostatic interactions, such as excluded volume interactions, in the Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation. The resulting theory can be applied to any boundary condition and is as easy to numerically implement as the original PB equation. As a specific example, we combine the PB equation with the Boublik-Mansoori-Carnahan-Starling equation of state to model charged hard-sphere systems. This theory is applied to a charged sphere immersed in a salt solution, and the electric field and ion distribution about the sphere is computed.
Citation
Langmuir
Volume
15
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

electrolyte solutions, mean-field theory, Poisson-Boltzmann equation

Citation

Lue, L. , Zoeller, N. and Blankschtein, D. (1999), Incorporation of Non-Electrostatic Interactions in the Poisson-Boltzmann Equation, Langmuir (Accessed June 4, 2023)

Created December 18, 1999, Updated June 2, 2021