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Equilibrium Configurations of Fluid Membranes

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Physics of Amphiphilic Layers

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Abstract

It is shown that membranes in plenty of water, if they have certain properties, should assume one of three configurations in thermodynamic equilibrium: A lattice of passages (i.e. connections), a single big vesicle, or many small vesicles. The choice is controlled by the ratio of the elastic modulus of Gaussian curvature and the bending rigidity. The necessary membrane properties are specified and a few practical examples are given.

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  1. Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-1000, Berlin, Germany

    W. Helfrich & W. Harbich

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  1. W. Helfrich
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  1. Lab. de Spectroscopie Hertzienne de I’ENS, CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, F-75231, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Jacques Meunier  & Dominique Langevin  & 

  2. Centre de Physique, Université Scient. et Médic., Côte des Chavants, F-74310, Les Houches, France

    Nino Boccara

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Helfrich, W., Harbich, W. (1987). Equilibrium Configurations of Fluid Membranes. In: Meunier, J., Langevin, D., Boccara, N. (eds) Physics of Amphiphilic Layers. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83202-4_7

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