Quadrupolar ordering of phospholipid molecules in narrow necks of phospholipid vesicles

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 723-748

  Kralj Iglič, Veronika ^a   Babnik, Blaž ^a   Gauger, Dorit R ^b   May, Sylvio ^b,c   Iglič, Aleš ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature singularity; Deviatoric bending; Neck; Phospholipid vesicle shape; Quadrupolar ordering

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845343278     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-006-9051-9     Document Type: Article

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