The Poisson–Boltzmann(PB)theory is one of the most important theoretical models describing charged systems continuously.However,it suffers from neglecting ion correlations,which hinders its applicability to more gene...The Poisson–Boltzmann(PB)theory is one of the most important theoretical models describing charged systems continuously.However,it suffers from neglecting ion correlations,which hinders its applicability to more general charged systems other than extremely dilute ones.Therefore,some modified versions of the PB theory are developed to effectively include ion correlations.Focused on their applications to ionic solutions,the original PB theory and its variances,including the field-theoretic approach,the correlation-enhanced PB model,the Outhwaite–Bhuiyan modified PB theory and the mean field theories,are briefly reviewed in this paper with the diagnosis of their advantages and limitations.展开更多
基金supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA17010504)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11774357 and 11947302)the CAS Biophysics Interdisciplinary Innovation Team Project(No.2060299)。
文摘The Poisson–Boltzmann(PB)theory is one of the most important theoretical models describing charged systems continuously.However,it suffers from neglecting ion correlations,which hinders its applicability to more general charged systems other than extremely dilute ones.Therefore,some modified versions of the PB theory are developed to effectively include ion correlations.Focused on their applications to ionic solutions,the original PB theory and its variances,including the field-theoretic approach,the correlation-enhanced PB model,the Outhwaite–Bhuiyan modified PB theory and the mean field theories,are briefly reviewed in this paper with the diagnosis of their advantages and limitations.
