Membrane curvature induced by polymers and colloids

Polymers and colloids change the ‘spontaneous’ curvature of flexible membranes such as lipid bilayers. Two general cases will be discussed: (i) The effect of single polymers or colloids which are anchored or adsorbed to the membranes and exert bending moments on the adjacent membrane segments; and (ii) the effect of unbalanced tensions in the two membrane/water interfaces which arise, e.g., from polymer brushes and from non-anchored polymers or colloids.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Lipowsky, Reinhard ; Döbereiner, Hans-Günther ; Hiergeist, Christin ; Indrani, Vasudevamurthy
Published in:	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 249.1998, 1, p. 536-543
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Membranes \| Anchored and absorbed polymers \| Spontaneous curvature

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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