2 papers
cond-mat.soft2022
The role of spontaneous curvature in the formation of cell membrane necks
G. Torres-Vargas, F. Monroy, J. A. Santiago
The mechanical effects of membrane compositional inhomogeneities are analyzed in a process analogous of neck formation in cellular membranes. We cast on the Canham-Helfrich model o…
cond-mat.soft2018
Induced stresses in quasi-spherical elastic vesicles: local and global Laplace-Young law
G. Torres-Vargas, J. A. Santiago, G. Chacón-Acosta
On elastic spherical membranes, there is no stress induced by the bending energy and the corresponding Laplace-Young law does not involve the elastic bending stiffness. However, wh…