A new method, i.e. the iterative method in functional theory, was introduced to solve analytically the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation under general potential ψ condition for the electric double layer of ...A new method, i.e. the iterative method in functional theory, was introduced to solve analytically the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation under general potential ψ condition for the electric double layer of a charged cylindrical colloid particle in a symmetrical electrolyte solution. The iterative solutions of ψ are expressed as functions of the distance from the axis of the particle with solution parameters: the concentration of ions c, the aggregation number of ions in a unit length m, the dielectric constant e, the system temperature T and so on. The relative errors show that generally only the first and the second iterative solutions can give accuracy higher than 97%. From the second iterative solution the radius and the surface potential of a cylinder have been defined and the corresponding values have been estimated with the solution parameters, Furthermore, the charge density, the activity coefficient of ions and the osmotic coefficient of solvent were also discussed,展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20676051, 20573048 and 20473034) and the 0pen Project Program of the Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education (No. KLIB-KF200504).
文摘A new method, i.e. the iterative method in functional theory, was introduced to solve analytically the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation under general potential ψ condition for the electric double layer of a charged cylindrical colloid particle in a symmetrical electrolyte solution. The iterative solutions of ψ are expressed as functions of the distance from the axis of the particle with solution parameters: the concentration of ions c, the aggregation number of ions in a unit length m, the dielectric constant e, the system temperature T and so on. The relative errors show that generally only the first and the second iterative solutions can give accuracy higher than 97%. From the second iterative solution the radius and the surface potential of a cylinder have been defined and the corresponding values have been estimated with the solution parameters, Furthermore, the charge density, the activity coefficient of ions and the osmotic coefficient of solvent were also discussed,