Tilt texture domains on a membrane and chirality induced budding

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Title:	Tilt texture domains on a membrane and chirality induced budding
Authors:	Sarasij, R.C. Rao, Madan
Issue Date:	25-Feb-2002
Publisher:	The American Physical Society
Citation:	Physical Review Letters, 2002, Vol.88, 088101
Abstract:	We study the equilibrium conformations of a lipid domain on a planar fluid membrane where the domain is decorated by a vector field representing the tilt of the stiff fatty acid chains of the lipid molecules, while the surrounding membrane is fluid and structureless. The inclusion of chirality in the bulk of the domain induces a novel budding of the membrane, which preempts the budding induced by a decrease in interfacial tension.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1219
ISSN:	0031-9007 1079-7114 (online)
Alternative Location:	http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v88/i8/e088101
Copyright:	(2002) by the American Physical Society
Appears in Collections:	Research Papers (TP)

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