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Elastic Properties of Lipid Bilayers: Theory and Possible Experiments
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A theory of the elasticity of lipid bilayers is proposed and it is argued that in the case of vesicles (= closed bilayer films) the only elasticity controlling nonspherical shapes is that of curvature.About:
This article is published in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C.The article was published on 1973-12-01. It has received 4853 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lipid bilayer mechanics & Lipid bilayer phase behavior.read more
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Wetting and Spreading
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Configurations of fluid membranes and vesicles
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Imaging coexisting fluid domains in biomembrane models coupling curvature and line tension
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Physical principles of membrane organization.
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