Reversal potential and reversal permanent charge with unequal diffusion coefficients via classical Poisson-Nernst-Planck models

Hamid Mofidi; Weishi Liu

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Reversal potential and reversal permanent charge with unequal diffusion coefficients via classical Poisson-Nernst-Planck models

Hamid Mofidi·Weishi Liu

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In this paper, based on geometric singular perturbation analysis of a quasi-one dimensional Poisson-Nernst-Planck model for ionic flows, we study the problem of zero current condition for ionic flows through membrane channels with a simple profile of permanent charges. For ionic mixtures of multiple ion species, under equal diffusion constant condition, Eisenberg, et al [{\em Nonlinearity {\bf 28} (2015), 103-128}] derived a system of two equations for determining the reversal potential and an equation for the reversal permanent charge. The equal diffusion constant condition is significantly degenerate from physical points of view. For unequal diffusion coefficients, the analysis becomes extremely challenging. This work will focus only on two ion species, one positively charged (cation) and one negatively charged (anion), with two arbitrary diffusion coefficients. Dependence of reversal potential on channel geometry and diffusion coefficients has been investigated experimentally, numerically, and analytically in simple setups, in many works. In this paper, we identify two governing equations for the zero current, which enable one to mathematically analyze how the reversal potential depends on the channel structure and diffusion coefficients. In particular, we are able to show, with a number of concrete results, that the possible different diffusion constants indeed make significant differences. The inclusion of channel structures is also far beyond the situation where the Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz (GHK) equation might be applicable. A comparison of our result with the GHK equation is provided. The dual problem of reversal permanent charges is briefly discussed too.

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Hamid Mofidi, Weishi Liu. 2019-09-03. Reversal potential and reversal permanent charge with unequal diffusion coefficients via classical Poisson-Nernst-Planck models. https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.01192

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