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Efficient Generation of Membrane and Solvent Tetrahedral Meshes for Ion Channel Finite Element Calculation

@inproceedings{Chao2022EfficientGO,
  title={Efficient Generation of Membrane and Solvent Tetrahedral Meshes for Ion Channel Finite Element Calculation},
  author={Zhen Chao and Sheng Gui and Benzhuo Lu and Dexuan Xie},
  year={2022}
}
A finite element solution of an ion channel dielectric continuum model such as Poisson-Boltzmann equation (PBE) and a system of Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations (PNP) requires tetrahedral meshes for an ion channel protein region, a membrane region, and an ionic solvent region as well as an interface fitted irregular tetrahedral mesh of a simulation box domain. However, generating these meshes is very difficult and highly technical due to the related three regions having very complex geometrical… 
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