Issue |
EPL
Volume 98, Number 1, April 2012
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Article Number | 16012 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/98/16012 | |
Published online | 13 April 2012 |
A minimizing principle for the Poisson-Boltzmann equation
Lab. PCT, Gulliver CNRS-ESPCI UMR 7083 - 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France, EU
Received:
6
January
2012
Accepted:
9
March
2012
The Poisson-Boltzmann equation is often presented via a variational formulation based on the electrostatic potential. However, the functional has the defect of being non-convex. It cannot be used as a local minimization principle while coupled to other dynamic degrees of freedom. We formulate a convex dual functional which is numerically equivalent at its minimum and which is more suited to local optimization.
PACS: 61.20.Qg – Structure of associated liquids: electrolytes, molten salts, etc. / 82.60.Lf – Thermodynamics of solutions / 05.20.Jj – Statistical mechanics of classical fluids
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