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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Numerical Methods for Computing the Free Energy of Coarse-Grained Molecular Systems

Abstract

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The second coarse-grained system reduces a fully explicit solvent-solute system to an explicit solute in an implicitly represented solvent environment. The critical step in this reduction is to solve a partial differential equation known as the Poisson-Boltzmann equation. We develop algorithms that accurately compute the solvation free energy by using goal-oriented mesh refinement. Results indicating the benefits of goal-oriented refinement are presented.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Computer Science
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Cyr, Eric C.
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Stephen D. Bond

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3347293
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/81845

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www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Cyr, Eric C.. Numerical Methods for Computing the Free Energy of Coarse-Grained Molecular Systems. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/81845