| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 33, Number 5, February II 1996
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 403 - 408 | |
| Section | Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas ofscience and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1996-00353-8 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Starfish vesicles
1
Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid-und
Grenzflächenforschung, Kantstrasse 55, 14513 Teltow-Seehof, Germany
2
Institut für Festkörperforschung - Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425
Jülich, Germany
3
Department of Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A6,
Canada
Received:
31
July
1995
Accepted:
3
January
1996
We report on an experimental and theoretical study of phospholipid vesicles at small reduced volume. In this regime, vesicle shapes are non-axisymmetric and resemble starfish. To calculate these shapes, we minimize bending energy under constraints on area, volume and mean curvature on a triangulated surface. We find a multitude of locally stable starfish that have practically the same energy but look very different. Each starfish is build up from basically three different units: a core, several cylindrical arms and spherical caps at the end of these arms.
PACS: 82.70.-y – Disperse systems / 68.10.-m – Fluid surfaces and fluid-fluid interfaces
© EDP Sciences, 1996
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