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dc.contributor.authorKamal, Md. Arif-
dc.contributor.authorPal, Antara-
dc.contributor.authorRaghunathan, V.A.-
dc.contributor.authorRao, Madan-
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-05T05:41:56Z-
dc.date.available2011-09-05T05:41:56Z-
dc.date.issued2011-08-
dc.identifier.citationEurophysics Letters, 2011, Vol.95, p48004en
dc.identifier.issn0295-5075-
dc.identifier.issn1286-4854 (Online)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/4157-
dc.descriptionOpen Access.en
dc.description.abstractWe present a phenomenological theory of phase transitions in achiral lipid membranes in terms of two coupled order parameters—a scalar order parameter describing lipid chain melting, and a vector order parameter describing the tilt of the hydrocarbon chains below the chain-melting transition. Existing theoretical models fail to account for all the observed features of the phase diagram, in particular the detailed microstructure of the asymmetric ripple phase lying between the fluid and the tilted gel phase. In contrast, our two-component theory reproduces all the salient structural features of the ripple phase, providing a unified description of the phase diagram and microstructure.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIOP Publishing Ltd.en
dc.relation.urihttp://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3313en
dc.relation.urihttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010arXiv1011.3313Aen
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/95/48004en
dc.rights2011 IOP Publishing Ltd.en
dc.subjectMembranesen
dc.subjectBilayersen
dc.subjectVesiclesen
dc.subjectContinuum modelsen
dc.subjectLiquid crystal structureen
dc.titleTheory of the asymmetric ripple phase in achiral lipid membranesen
dc.typeArticleen
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