Polymer-induced tubulation in lipid vesicles

被引：34

作者：

Campelo, F. ^{[1
]}

Hernandez-Machado, A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Barcelona, Fac Fis, Dept Estructura & Constituents Mat, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2008年 / 100卷 / 15期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.158103

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

A mechanism of extraction of tubular membranes from a lipid vesicle is presented. A concentration gradient of anchoring amphiphilic polymers generates tubes from budlike vesicle protrusions. We explain this mechanism in the framework of the Canham-Helfrich model. The energy profile is analytically calculated and a tube with a fixed length, corresponding to an energy minimum, is obtained in a certain regime of parameters. Further, using a phase-field model, we corroborate these results numerically. We obtain the growth of tubes when a polymer source is added, and the budlike shape after removal of the polymer source, in accordance with recent experimental results.

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