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Reply to Comment on "Faceting and flattening of emulsion droplets: a mechanical model" by Haas et al
Ireth García-Aguilar, Ayelet Atkins, Piermarco Fonda +2
In their Comment [arXiv:2102.03842], Haas et al. advance two hypotheses on the nature of the shape transformations observed in surfactant-stabilized emulsion droplets, as the theor…
Supported lipid membranes with designed geometry
Melissa Rinaldin, Sebastiaan L. D. ten Haaf, Ernst J. Vegter +4
The membrane curvature of cells and intracellular compartments continuously adapts to enable cells to perform vital functions, from cell division to signal trafficking. Understandi…
Metastability of lipid necks via geometric triality
Piermarco Fonda, Luca Giomi
"Necks" are features of lipid membranes characterized by an uniquley large curvature, functioning as bridges between different compartments. These features are ubiquitous in the li…
Measuring Gaussian rigidity using curved substrates
Piermarco Fonda, Sami C. Al-Izzi, Luca Giomi +1
The Gaussian (saddle splay) rigidity of fluid membranes controls their equilibrium topology but is notoriously difficult to measure. In lipid mixtures, typical of living cells, lin…
Dislocation screening in crystals with spherical topology
Ireth García-Aguilar, Piermarco Fonda, Luca Giomi
Whereas disclination defects are energetically prohibitive in two-dimensional flat crystals, their existence is necessary in crystals with spherical topology, such as viral capsids…
Lipid exchange enhances geometric pinning in multicomponent membranes on patterned substrates
Melissa Rinaldin, Piermarco Fonda, Luca Giomi +1
Experiments on supported lipid bilayers featuring liquid ordered/disordered domains have shown that the spatial arrangement of the lipid domains and their chemical composition are…