Physics of Ionic Conduction in Narrow Biological and Artificial Channels

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: 2D materials; algebraic topology; angstrom slits; Bikerman model; bioelectricity; Boltzmann and Fermi distributions; classical density functional theory; committor probabilities; computational electrophysiology; computer simulations; crown ether; current–voltage dependence; dielectric constant; double-layer capacitance; effects of diffusion coefficients; electric double layer; electrochemistry; electrodiffusion model; electrokinetics; entropy; gating current; graphene; Helmholtz free energy; ion activity; ion channel; ion channels; ion transport; ionic Coulomb blockade; ionic transport; linear response; maxwell equations; modified Langevin Poisson-Boltzmann model; molecular dynamics; molecular mean-field theory; Monte Carlo; n/a; NaChBac; nanofluidics; nanopore; nanopores; nanotubes; Nernst–Planck; non-Hermitian Hamiltonians; orientational ordering of water dipoles; patch-clamp; permanent charge; permeability; Poisson-Boltzmann model; Poisson-Nernst-Planck; Poisson–Bikerman; Poisson–Boltzmann; Poisson–Fermi; polarization; protein dynamics; reduced models; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; reversal potential; selectivity; semiclassical methods; specific ion size; statistical mechanics; statistical theory; steric and correlation effects; steric effect; stochastic simulations; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; Technology: general issues; thermodynamics

The book reprints a set of important scientific papers applying physics and mathematics to address the problem of selective ionic conduction in narrow water-filled channels and pores. It is a long-standing problem, and an extremely important one. Life in all its forms depends on ion channels and, fu...