COMPUTER-SIMULATIONS OF SPONTANEOUS VESICLE FORMATION

An improved version of an earlier Larson-type model of solution of amp hiphiles is used to simulate the spontaneous formation of vesicles. St arting with a. solution of amphiphiles either uniformly distributed or aggregated in an ordered way, self-organization into vesicles was obs erved by carrying out extensive Monte Carlo simulations. The aggregati on of single-tailed amphiphiles and the role of the bending rigidity i n the chains are also discussed.