The stretching elasticity of biomembranes determines their line tension and bending rigidity

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1233-1242

  Deseri, Luca ^a   Zurlo, Giuseppe ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES SOLIDES   (France)

Author keywords

Bending rigidity; Biomembranes; Line tension; Lipid bilayers; Phase transitions; Stretching elasticity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CYTOLOGY; LIPID BILAYERS; RIGIDITY;

BENDING RIGIDITY; BIOMEMBRANES; DURING PHASE; LINE TENSION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MEMBRANE STRETCHING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEM; PHASE TRANSITION PHENOMENON; STRETCHING ELASTICITY; STRETCHING ENERGY;

ELASTICITY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRICITY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRESS; STRETCHING; SURFACE STRESS; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TENSION; THICKNESS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84896689223     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-013-0478-z     Document Type: Article

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