Can the Helfrich free energy for curved interfaces be derived from first principles?

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 178-190

  Robledo, A ^a   Varea, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES;

AMPHIPHILE SOLUTIONS; ELASTIC CURVATURE; HELFRICH FREE ENERGY; NONPLANAR INTERFACES; STATISTICAL MECHANICAL BASIS; THEORY OF NONPLANAR INTERFACES;

FREE ENERGY;

EID: 0030247588     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(95)00457-2     Document Type: Article

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