Finite element modeling of lipid bilayer membranes

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 394-408

  Feng, Feng ^a   Klug, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomembranes; Cell mechanics; Finite element; Lipid bilayer mechanics; Subdivision surfaces

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIPID BILAYERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

BIOMEMBRANES; CELL MECHANICS; CLASSIC MODELS; ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT; LIPID BILAYER MECHANIC; LIPID BILAYER MEMBRANES; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; SUBDIVISION SURFACES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 33750972883     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.05.023     Document Type: Article

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