Global minimizers for axisymmetric multiphase membranes

ESAIM - Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1014-1029

  Choksi, Rustum ^a   Morandotti, Marco ^b   Veneroni, Marco ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axisymmetric surfaces; Biomembranes; Global minimizers; Helfrich functional; Multicomponent vesicle

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; BIOMEMBRANES; GLOBAL MINIMIZERS; HELFRICH FUNCTIONAL; MULTICOMPONENT VESICLES;

CONTROL;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84887289126     PISSN: 12928119     EISSN: 12623377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/cocv/2012042     Document Type: Article

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