Fluid lipid membranes – a primer
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4 Helfrich theory 14 4.1 The Helfrich Hamiltonian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4.2 The shape equation of linear theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.2.1 Variation of the energy functional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.2.2 Boundary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.2.3 A few worked out examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.2.4 Nonlinear shape equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.3 Membrane fluctuations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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تاریخ انتشار 2006