PASSAGES AND DROPLETS IN LAMELLAR FLUID MEMBRANE PHASES

Authors
GOLUBOVIC L
Citation
L. Golubovic, PASSAGES AND DROPLETS IN LAMELLAR FLUID MEMBRANE PHASES, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 50(4), 1994, pp. 180002419-180002422
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
50
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
180002419 - 180002422
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1994)50:4<180002419:PADILF>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We consider thermally excited passages and droplets formed between flu id membranes in a lamellar phase. We show that they induce entropic at tractive interactions which compete with Helfrich's entropic intermemb rane repulsion. This competition determines the intermembrane distance l(max) lamellar phases reach at transitions to isotropic fluid membra ne phases. In general, l(max) is much smaller than the membrane persis tence length and crucially depends on membrane saddle-splay (''Gaussia n'') rigidity.