DEVIATORIC SPONTANEOUS CURVATURE OF LIPID-MEMBRANES INDUCED BY SIAMESE MACROMOLECULAR COSURFACTANTS

Authors
MARQUES CM FOURNIER JB
Citation
Cm. Marques et Jb. Fournier, DEVIATORIC SPONTANEOUS CURVATURE OF LIPID-MEMBRANES INDUCED BY SIAMESE MACROMOLECULAR COSURFACTANTS, Europhysics letters, 35(5), 1996, pp. 361-365
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
35
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
361 - 365
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1996)35:5<361:DSCOLI>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We study the anisotropy of the spontaneous curvature induced by a memb rane inclusion consisting of two geminated polymer-lipid molecules. Th e anisotropy is found to be of the order of the mean spontaneous curva ture. Such a strong anisotropy yields a significant reduction of the m embrane bending rigidity K as well as an increase of the saddle splay (K) over bar, which might lead to curvature instabilities.