Physics of Ionic Conduction in Narrow Biological and Artificial Channels

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