Analytical Expressions of Concentrations inside the Cationic Glucose-Sensitive Membrane英文文献资料.docVIP

Applied Mathematics, 2012, 3, 373-381 /10.4236/am.2012.34058 Published Online April 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/am) Analytical Expressions of Concentrations inside the Cationic Glucose-Sensitive Membrane Swaminathan Sevukaperumal, Shunmugham Loghambal, Lakshmanan Rajendran * Department of Mathematics, The Madura College, Madurai, India * Email: raj_sms@ Received January 31, 2012; revised March 6, 2012; accepted March 13, 2012 ABSTRACT A mathematical model of Wu et al. [J. Membr. Sci 254 (2005) 119-127] of a cationic glucose-sensitive membrane is discussed. The model involves the system of non-linear steady-state reaction-diffusion equations. Analytical expres- sions pertaining to concentration of oxygen, glucose, and gluconic acid for all values of parameters are presented. We have employed Homotopy analysis method to evaluate the approximate analytical solutions of the non-linear boundary value problem. A comparison of the analytical approximation and numerical simulation is also presented. A good agreement between theoretical predictions and numerical results is observed. Keywords: Homotopy Analysis Method; Cationic Glucose-Sensitive Membrane; Non-Linear Reaction/Diffusion Equations 1. Introduction a few studies concerned modelling or theoretical design of such systems [14-17]. Albin et al. [9] developed a mathematical model to describe the steady state behaviour of a cationic glucose-sensitive membrane. Gough and co- workers [15-17] modelled the steady state behaviour and transient response of a cylindrical glucose sensor. Wu et al. [18] derived a mathematical model with consideration of oxygen limitation to describe the glucose sensitivity of a cationic membrane at the steady state. To our knowledge, no general analytical expressions for the concentration of oxygen, glucose and gluconic acid inside the cationic glucose-sensitive membrane have been reported for all values of the parameters [18