Bo Li's selected publications
Bo Li's List of Selected Publications
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  • B. Li, Z. Zhang, & S. Zhou, The calculus of boundary variations and the dielectric boundary force in the Poisson-Boltzmann theory for molecular solvation, J. Nonlinear Sci., 31(89), pp. 1-50, 2021. (Preprint, Published version)
  • B. Ciotti & B. Li, Passing from discrete to continuum models of electrostatic energy, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 53(4), 4568-4604, 2021. (Published version © SIAM)
  • Z. Zhang, C. Ricci, C. Fan, L.-T. Cheng, B. Li, & J. A. McCammon, Coupling Monte Carlo, variational implicit solvation, and binary level-set for simulations of biomolecular binding, J. Chem. Theory Comput., 17(4), 2465-2478, 2021. (Preprint, Published version)
  • S. Zhou, R. G. Weiss, L.-T. Cheng, J. Dzubiella, J. A. McCammon, & B. Li, Variational implicit-solvent predictions of the dry-wet transition pathways for ligand-receptor binding and unbinding kinetics, Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 116(30), 14989-14994, 2019. (Main text. SI. A related presentation.)
  • M. Warren, H. Sun, Y. Yan, J. Cremer, B. Li, & T. Hwa, Spatiotemporal establishment of dense bacterial colonies growing on hard agar, eLife, 8:e41093, 2019. (Open access. A related presentation.)
  • S. Dai, B. Li, & J. Lu, Convergence of phase-field free energy and boundary force for molecular solvation, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 227(1), 105-147, 2018. (Preprint, Published version, A related presentation.)
  • H. Sun, J. Wen, Y. Zhao, B. Li, & J. A. McCammon, A self-consistent phase-field approach to implicit solvation of charged molecules with Poisson-Boltzmann electrostatics, J. Chem. Phys., 143, 243110, 2015. (Published version)
  • S. Zhou, L.-T. Cheng, J. Dzubiella, B. Li, & J. A. McCammon, Variational implicit solvation with Poisson-Boltzmann theory, J. Chem. Theory Comput., 10(4), 1454-1467, 2014. (Published version)
  • B. A. Camley, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhao, B. Li, E. Ben-Jacob, H. Levine, & W.-J. Rappel, Polarity mechanisms like contact inhibition of locomotion regulate persistent rotational motion of mammalian cells on micropatterns, Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 111 (41) 14770-14775, 2014. (Published version)
  • B. A. Camley, Y. Zhao, B. Li, H. Levine, & W.-J. Rappel, Periodic migration in a physical model of cells on micropatterns, Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 158102, 2013. (Published version: main text, SI. permision of the journal)
  • B. Li, P. Liu, Z. Xu, & S. Zhou, Ionic size effects: Generalized Boltzmann distributions, counterion stratification and modified Debye length, Nonlinearity, 26, 2899-2922, 2013. (Journal Highlights of 2013. Preprint, Published version)
  • Z. Wang, J. Che, L.-T. Cheng, J. Dzubiella, B. Li, & J. A. McCammon, Level-set variational implicit-solvent modeling of biomolecules with the Coulomb-field approximation, J. Chem. Theory Comput., 8(2), 386-397, 2012. (Published version)
  • B. Li, X. Cheng, & Z. Zhang, Dielectric boundary force in molecular solvation with the Poisson-Boltzmann free energy: A shape derivative approach, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 71(6), 2093-2111, 2011. (Published version © SIAM)
  • P. Setny, Z. Wang, L.-T. Cheng, B. Li, J. A. McCammon, & J. Dzubiella, Dewetting-controlled binding of ligands to hydrophobic pockets, Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 187801, 2009. (Published version)
  • S. Zhou, Z. Wang, & B. Li, Mean-field description of ionic size effects with non-uniform ionic sizes: A numerical approach, Phys. Rev. E, 84, 021901, 2011. (Published version - permision of the journal)
  • B. Li, Continuum electrostatics for ionic solutions with non-uniform ionic sizes, Nonlinearity, 22(4), 811-833, 2009. (Included in IOP Select 2009. Published version.)
  • B. Li, Minimization of electrostatic free energy and the Poisson-Boltzmann equation for molecular solvation with implicit solvent, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 40(6), 2536-2566, 2009. (Published version © SIAM)
  • J. Che, J. Dzubiella, B. Li, & J. A. McCammon, Electrostatic free energy and its variations in implicit solvent models, J. Phys. Chem. B, 112(10), 3058-3069, 2008. (Preprint, Published version)
  • B. Li &J.-G. Liu, Epitaxial growth without slope selection: energetics, coarsening, and dynamic scaling, J. Nonlinear Sci., 14, 429-451, 2004. (Preprint, Published version)
  • B. Li & J.-G. Liu, Thin film epitaxy with or without slope selection, Euro. J. Appl. Math., 14, 713-743, 2003. (Preprint, Published version)
  • R. E. Caflisch & B. Li, Analysis of island dynamics in epitaxial growth of thin films, SIAM Multiscale Model. Simul., 1(1), 150-171, 2003. (Published version © SIAM)
  • B. Li, Finite element analysis of a class of stress-free martensitic microstructures, Math. Comp., 72(244), 1675-1688, 2003. (Published version)
  • K. Bhattacharya, B. Li, & M. B. Luskin, The simply laminated microstructure in martensitic crystals that undergo a cubic to orthorhombic phase transformation, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 149(2), 123-154, 1999. (Preprint, Published version)
  • B. Li & M. Luskin, Nonconforming finite element approximation of crystalline microstructure, Math. Comp., 67(223), 917-946, 1998. (Published version)
  • B. Li & M. Luskin, Finite element analysis of microstructure for the cubic to tetragonal transformation, SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 35(1), 376-392, 1998. (Published version © SIAM)
  • H. Chen & B. Li, Superconvergence analysis and error expansion for the Wilson nonconforming finite element, Numer. Math., 69(2), 125-140, 1994. (Preprint, Published version)
  • B. Li, Superconvergence for higher-order triangular finite elements, Mathematica Numerica Sinica, 4(11), 413-417, 1989. Selected for republication: Chinese J. Numer. Math. Appl., 12(1), 75-79, 1990. (Cited as "a little known but in my opinion important paper" in L. B. Wahlbin, Superconvergence in Galerkin Finite Element Methods, Springer, 1995.)

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