Mean field electrostatics

Mean-field hydrophobic interactions will be briefly presented as well. Finally, implementation of the mean-field electrostatic and hydrophobic potentials to an effective MD approach will be also presented. 

The potential energy Ui accounts for both the mean-field electrostatic energy and the energy of hydration ... 

Here a(r) are ionic densities, where the indexes a and A are summed over aU the charged species. We shall by pm (r) denote the collective density of all monomers, neutral as well as charged. Note that only the second monomer along the cationic chain is charged, with a density denoted n r). The first term in eq.(43) is just the mean-field electrostatic interaction between ions. The second term describes the interactions between the ions and the uniform surface charge. We note that is zero for the bulk phase IL. 

MEAN FIELD ELECTROSTATICS BEYOND THE POINT CHARGE DESCRIPTION... 

Mean Field Electrostatics Beyond the Point Charge... 

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