title: The dependence of electrostatic solvation energy on dielectric constants in Poisson-Boltzmann calculations.
abstract: The Poisson-Boltzmann equation gives the electrostatic free energy of a solute molecule (with dielectric constant epsilon(l)) solvated in a continuum solvent (with dielectric constant epsilon(s)). Here a simple formula is presented that accurately predicts the electrostatic free energy for all combinations of epsilon(l) and epsilon(s) from the calculation on a single set of epsilon(l) and epsilon(s) values.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Institute of Molecular Biophysics and School of Computational Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
authors.forename: Harianto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tjong
authors.forename: Huang-Xiang
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004735:Energy Transfer; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry*; D055672:Static Electricity
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D012997:Solvents