On simulating lipid bilayers with an applied surface tension: Periodic boundary conditions and undulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1350-1355

  Feller, Scott E ^a   Pastor, Richard W ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; STRESS; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029767694     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79337-2     Document Type: Article

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