Statistical mechanics of bilayer membrane with a fixed projected area
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Statistical mechanics of bilayer membrane with a fixed projected area.
The equilibrium and fluctuation methods for determining the surface tension, sigma, and bending modulus, kappa, of a bilayer membrane with a fixed projected area are discussed. In the fluctuation method the elastic coefficients sigma and kappa are measured from the amplitude of thermal fluctuations of the planar membrane, while in the equilibrium method the free energy required to deform the me...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Chemical Physics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0021-9606,1089-7690
DOI: 10.1063/1.1639000