title: Model channel ion currents in NaCl-extended simple point charge water solution with applied-field molecular dynamics.
abstract: Using periodic boundary conditions and a constant applied field, we have simulated current flow through an 8.125-A internal diameter, rigid, atomistic channel with polar walls in a rigid membrane using explicit ions and extended simple point charge water. Channel and bath currents were computed from 10 10-ns trajectories for each of 10 different conditions of concentration and applied voltage. An electric field was applied uniformly throughout the system to all mobile atoms. On average, the resultant net electric field falls primarily across the membrane channel, as expected for two conductive baths separated by a membrane capacitance. The channel is rarely occupied by more than one ion. Current-voltage relations are concentration dependent and superlinear at high concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Crozier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rowley
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Busath
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry; D004594:Electrophysiology; D007477:Ions; D008958:Models, Molecular; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D055672:Static Electricity; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D007477:Ions; D014867:Water; D012965:Sodium Chloride