Fluctuation pressure on a bio-membrane confined within a parabolic potential well

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1180-1185

  Freund, L B ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Confining pressure; Membrane fluctuations; Parabolic confinement; Statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

CLOSE PROXIMITY; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; CONFINING PRESSURES; DEGREE OF CONFINEMENT; FLUCTUATION PRESSURE; MEAN PRESSURES; MEMBRANE FLUCTUATIONS; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; PARABOLIC CONFINEMENTS; PARABOLIC POTENTIAL; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; TOTAL FREE ENERGY; TRANSVERSE DEFLECTION; WATER MOLECULE;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FREE ENERGY; ROCK PRESSURE; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84870369205     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-012-0090-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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