A phase field model for vesicle-substrate adhesion

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 7837-7849

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Das, Sovan ^a   Du, Qiang ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive finite element; Adhesion; Diffuse interface model; Elastic bending energy; Phase field model; Vesicle

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES; SUBSTRATES;

ADAPTIVE FINITE ELEMENT; AXISYMMETRIC; COMPLEX SUBSTRATES; COMPLEX VESICLES; DIFFUSE-INTERFACE MODELS; ELASTIC BENDING ENERGY; PHASE FIELD MODELS; SUBSTRATE ADHESION; VESICLE; VESICLE ADHESION;

ADHESION;

EID: 69049119017     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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