Pore Formation in the Stretched Lipid Vesicles
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چکیده
In this paper I have studied the transbilayer pore formation in a stretched lipid vesicle. The pore appearance in spherical bilayers is a process more intricate then in plane lipid bilayers. Here we have studied the influence of the elastic stretching of the membrane on the pore appearance. A minimum value of the spherical surface extension corresponding to a membrane stretching is required in order to open transbilayer pore. Also, we have calculated the energetic barrier for a pore opening and closing. The stability of the liposome with a pore on it was analysed.
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