Tilt Texture Domains on a Membrane and Chirality induced Budding
arXiv:cond-mat/0105494 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.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.
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