Coupling between membrane tilt-difference and dilation: a new ``ripple'' instability and multiple crystalline inclusions phases
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
A continuum Landau theory for the micro-elasticity of membranes is discussed, which incorporates a coupling between the bilayer thickness variation and the difference in the two monolayers' tilts. This coupling stabilizes a new phase with a rippled micro-structure. Interactions among membrane inclusions combine a dilation-induced attraction and a tilt-difference-induced repulsion that yield 2D crystal phases, with possible coexistence of different lattice spacings for large couplings. Inclusions favoring crystals are those with either a long-convex or a short-concave hydrophobic core.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9806269,
title = {Coupling between membrane tilt-difference and dilation: a new ``ripple'' instability and multiple crystalline inclusions phases},
author = {J. -B. Fournier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9806269},
year = {2009}
}
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EURO LaTeX, 6 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Europhys. Lett