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Article
Depletion versus Deflection: How Membrane Bending Can Influence Adhesion
Physical Review Letters
(2011)
Abstract
During depletion-driven vesicle adhesion, a stiff membrane’s resistance to bending at fixed tension prevents contact angle equilibrium and vesicle spreading over an opposing vesicle, while more flexible vesicles partially engulf opposing vesicles. Estimates of the bending cost associated with the spreading contact line, relative to the adhesion energy, were consistent with the observed spreading or lack of spreading for the flexible and stiff membranes, respectively, and predicted a lag time sometimes preceding spreading.
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Publication Date
2011
Publisher Statement
The published version is located at http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.078101
Citation Information
Jin Nam and Maria Santore. "Depletion versus Deflection: How Membrane Bending Can Influence Adhesion" Physical Review Letters Vol. 107 (2011) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/maria_santore/1/