| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 70, Number 3, May 2005
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 411 - 417 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2004-10498-4 | |
| Published online | 08 April 2005 | |
Molecular theory of asymmetrically charged bilayers: Preferred curvatures
Department of Physics, University of Waterloo - Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
Corresponding author: byha@uwaterloo.ca
Received:
15
December
2004
Accepted:
17
March
2005
We study the preferred curvature of asymmetrically charged
bilayers (as in red blood cell membranes), in which the inner
layer is negatively charged while the outer one is neutral. In
particular, we present a molecular theory for the computation of
the relaxed-area difference 
and the spontaneous
curvature C0 of the bilayer. Our approach shows how packing
properties of lipids and counterion (e.g.,
) valence are intertwined. We find that
has a dramatic effect on and C0:
For wide parameter ranges, the presence of 0.1
of
ensures positive and C0 that are
nominally negative.
PACS: 87.15.-v – Biomolecules: structure and physical properties / 87.15.La – Mechanical properties
© EDP Sciences, 2005
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