Abstract
The effect of the tangential flow, in fluid membranes, on the renormalization of the curvature elastic constant κ is studied and it is shown that the softening of κ when averaged over increasingly short distance scales is the same as for ideal surfaces carrying no material. This is in contrast with a recent claim by Förster. The physical and formal differences in the two treatments are pinpointed.
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Kleinen, H. Tangential flow in fluid membranes. Absence of renormalization effects. J Stat Phys 56, 227–232 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01044242
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01044242