Nontopological saddle-splay and curvature instabilities from anisotropic membrane inclusions

被引：133

作者：

Fournier, JB

机构：

[1] Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1996年 / 76卷 / 23期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.4436

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Anisotropic inclusions are shown to induce spontaneous deviatoric bendings in lipidic membranes, by orienting at right angles across the bilayer. In the limit of strong membrane curvatures, a nonanalytical bending energy term is generated that favors saddlelike and cylindrical shapes, without penalizing spherical ones. An ''egg-carton'' instability results in flat membranes as well as a wormlike shape instability for vesicles.

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页码：4436 / 4439

页数：4

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