Experimental observations of dynamic critical phenomena in a lipid membrane

Abstract

Near a critical point, the time scale of thermally-induced fluctuations diverges in a manner determined by the dynamic universality class. Experiments have verified predicted 3D dynamic critical exponents in many systems, but similar experiments in 2D have been lacking for the case of conserved order parameter. Here we analyze time-dependent correlation functions of a quasi-2D lipid bilayer in water to show that its critical dynamics agree with a recently predicted universality class. In particular, the effective dynamic exponent $z_{\text{eff}}$ crosses over from $\sim 2$ to $\sim 3$ as the correlation length of fluctuations exceeds a hydrodynamic length set by the membrane and bulk viscosities.

5 pages, 3 figures and 2 additional pages of supplement

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