2 papers
physics.bio-ph2013
Phase Transition and dissipation driven budding in lipid vesicles
Thomas Franke, Christian T. Leirer, Achim Wixforth +2
Membrane budding has been extensively studied as an equilibrium process attributed to the formation of coexisting domains or changes in the vesicle area to volume ratio (reduced vo…
physics.bio-ph2013
Thermodynamic Relaxation Drives Expulsion in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles
C. T. Leirer, B. Wunderlich, A. Wixforth +1
We investigated the thermodynamic relaxation of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) which contained small vesicles within their interior. Quenching these vesicles from their fluid ph…