Solving the Poisson-Boltzmann Equation for Two Parallel Cylinders
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The electrostatic interaction between two parallel charged cylinders of arbitrary diameters a1 and a2 is studiedby solvingnumerically thenonlinearPoisson-Boltzmannequation. A limit of particular interest is that of a charged cylinder interacting with a charged plane (a1 f ∞). The interaction free energy is calculated, as a function of the separation distance between the cylinders, for either fixed charge density or mixed (fixed charge, fixed potential) boundary conditions.
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