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ArticleChemical physics letters2011

Dielectric Boundary Forces in Numerical Poisson-Boltzmann Methods: Theory and Numerical Strategies.

Qin Cai, Xiang Ye, Jun Wang, Ray Luo

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Article in Chemical physics letters, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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  9. Variational Implicit Solvation with Poisson-Boltzmann Theory.Journal of chemical theory and computation · 2014
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  12. Progress in developing Poisson-Boltzmann equation solvers.Molecular based mathematical biology · 2013
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  14. Dielectric pressure in continuum electrostatic solvation of biomolecules.Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP · 2012
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4 authors.

Qin CaiDepartment of Physics, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China.
Xiang Ye
Jun Wang
Ray Luo

Funding

AMBER force field consortium: a coherent biomolecular simulation platformR01GM079383 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI CIEPLAK, PIOTR, DUAN, YONG · 2007 to 2017
$4.7M
AMBER/PBSA: An Open-Source Computer Program for Accurate and Scalable Solvation Analysis ofBiomoleculesR01GM093040 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI LUO, RAY · 2010 to 2018
$2.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079383NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM093040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Continuum modeling of electrostatic interactions based upon the numerical solutions of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation has been widely adopted in biomolecular applications. To extend their applications to molecular dynamics and energy minimization, robust and efficient methodologies to compute solvation forces must be developed. In this study, we have first reviewed the theory for the computation of dielectric boundary forces based on the definition of the Maxwell stress tensor. This is followed by a new formulation of the dielectric boundary force suitable for the finite-difference Poisson-Boltzmann methods. We have validated the new formulation with idealized analytical systems and realistic molecular systems.

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