| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 71, Number 3, August 2005
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 508 - 514 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2005-10098-x | |
| Published online | 13 July 2005 | |
A simple mechanism of raft formation in two-component fluid membranes
Department of Physics, Kyoto University - Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Corresponding author: foret@scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Received:
7
March
2005
Accepted:
6
June
2005
We present a simple model of two-component fluid membranes undergoing simultaneously a phase separation and permanent exchange of lipids with the surrounding medium. The balance of these two effects leads to the formation of stable domains of particular lipid composition. The characteristic size of the domains is controlled by the exchange rates of the lipids. This provides a simple mechanism for raft formation in out-of-equilibrium binary fluid membrane.
PACS: 87.16.Ac – Theory and modeling; computer simulation / 87.16.Dg – Membranes, bilayers, and vesicles / 64.75.+g – Solubility, segregation, and mixing; phase separation
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