A surface phase field model for two-phase biological membranes

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2904-2928

  Elliott, Charles ^a   Stinner, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomembrane; Matched asymptotic expansions; Phase field method

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; BIOMEMBRANES; DIFFUSE INTERFACE MODELS; ELASTIC BENDING ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM SHAPE; EULER-LAGRANGE EQUATIONS; HYPERSURFACE; INTERFACE THICKNESS; MATCHED ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; MEMBRANE ENERGY; PHASE FIELD METHODOLOGIES; PHASE FIELD METHODS; SHARP INTERFACE MODEL; SURFACE PHASE; THIN LAYERS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BENDING (FORMING); BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; EULER EQUATIONS; EXPANSION; LIPID BILAYERS; PHASE SEPARATION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 78751551708     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/090779917     Document Type: Article

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