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Adhesion of vesicles

Year: 1990

Type: article

Abstract: A simple model for the adhesion of vesicles to interfaces and membranes is introduced and theoretically studied. It is shown that adhering (or bound) vesicles can exhibit a large variety of different shapes. The notion of a contact angle governed by tension is found to be applicable only for a restricted subset of these shapes. Furthermore, the vesicle undergoes a nontrivial adhesion transition from a free to a bound state. This transition is governed by the balance between the overall bending and adhesion energies, and occurs even in the absence of shape fluctuations.

Source: Physical Review A

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.42.4768

Authors: Udo Seifert, Reinhard Lipowsky

Institutions: University of California, Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Language: English

Topic: Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2045898622

FWCI: 0.957

Cites: 13

Cited by: 506

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