Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 43, Number 2, July II 1998
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Page(s) | 219 - 225 | |
Section | Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1998-00343-4 | |
Published online | 01 September 2002 |
Vesicles in contact with nanoparticles and colloids
MPI für Kolloid- and Grenzflächenforschung
Kantstr. 55, D-14513 Teltow-Seehof, Germany
Received:
24
November
1997
Accepted:
29
May
1998
Flexible membranes which are in contact with dispersed nanoparticles or colloids are theoretically studied. For closed vesicles, the membrane/particle interactions change the “spontaneous” curvature of the membrane provided the surrounding solution contains more than one species of particles. If the membrane/particle interactions are repulsive, the membrane curves toward the larger particles. If the membrane/particle interactions are attractive, the membrane curves away from the adsorption layers of small particles but wraps itself around large particles which become completely encapsulated.
PACS: 82.70.-y – Disperse systems / 05.40.+j – Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, and Brownian motion
© EDP Sciences, 1998
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