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ArticleSIAM journal on applied mathematics2011

Dielectric Boundary Force in Molecular Solvation with the Poisson-Boltzmann Free Energy: A Shape Derivative Approach.

Bo Li, Xiaoliang Cheng, Zhengfang Zhang

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Bo LiDepartment of Mathematics and NSF Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail code: 0112, La Jolla, CA 92093-0112, U.S.A. bli@math.ucsd.edu.
Xiaoliang Cheng
Zhengfang Zhang

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Level-Set Variational Implicit-Solvent Approach to Biomolecular InteractionsR01GM096188 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI LI, BO · 2010 to 2013
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM096188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In an implicit-solvent description of molecular solvation, the electrostatic free energy is given through the electrostatic potential. This potential solves a boundary-value problem of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation in which the dielectric coefficient changes across the solute-solvent interface-the dielectric boundary. The dielectric boundary force acting on such a boundary is the negative first variation of the electrostatic free energy with respect to the location change of the boundary. In this work, the concept of shape derivative is used to define such variations and formulas of the dielectric boundary force are derived. It is shown that such a force is always in the direction toward the charged solute molecules.

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dielectric boundary forceimplicit solventshape derivativethe Poisson–Boltzmann equation

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