Numerical simulation of the stochastic dynamics of inclusions in biomembranes in the presence of surface tension

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 357, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 485-500

  Rafii Tabar, H ^a   Sepangi, H R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IPM   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biomembrane computational modelling; Canham Helfrich Hamiltonian; Inclusion diffusion; Stochastic simulation; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HAMILTONIANS; PROTEINS; SURFACE TENSION;

BIOMEMBRANE COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; CANHAM-HELFRICH HAMILTONIAN; INCLUSION DIFFUSION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

EID: 24644433772     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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