Topological defects in lamellar phases: passages, and their fluctuations
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In lamellar phases of ternary amphiphilic mixtures~ passages are tube-like connections of neighboring oil(or water-) layers. Passages form spontaneously due to the thermal fluctuations of the monolayers (or membranes), which separate oil and water. Analogous membrane conformations also exist in binary amphiphilic mixtures~ where the membranes are amphiphilic bilayers. We study the shape and the fluctuations of passages. Our analysis is based on the curvature model of fluid membranes~ both with and without spontaneous curvature. Passages have a very small bending
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