On the estimation of the curvatures and bending rigidity of membrane networks via a local maximum-entropy approach

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 528-540

  Fraternali, F ^a,b   Lorenz, C D ^b   Marcelli, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bending rigidity; Maximum information entropy; Membrane networks; Minimum width; Principal curvatures; Red blood cell membrane

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; FORECASTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RIGIDITY;

BENDING RIGIDITY; LOCAL MAXIMUM; MAXIMUM INFORMATION ENTROPY; MAXIMUM-ENTROPY APPROACHES; MEMBRANE NETWORK; MINIMUM WIDTH; PRINCIPAL CURVATURE; RED BLOOD CELL; RED BLOOD CELL MEMBRANE; REGULARISATION;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 81455158382     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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