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Iwamoto, M.; Liu, F.; Ou-Yang, Z. C.![]() | |
Shapes of lipid monolayer domains: Solutions using elliptic functions | |
Source Publication | EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E
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Keyword | Fluorescence Microscopy Langmuir Monolayers Transitions Vesicles Interface Membranes Crystals Phase |
Abstract | Solid lipid monolayer domains surrounded by a fluid phase at an air-water interface exhibit complex shapes. These intriguing shapes can be understood in terms of a competition between line tension and long-range dipole-dipole interaction. The dipolar energy has recently been relevant to a negative line tension and a positive curvature energy at the boundary, and a corresponding shape equation was derived by the variation of the approximated domain energy (Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206101 (2004)). Here we further incorporate surface pressure into the shape equation and show that the equation can be analytically solved: the curvature of the domain boundary is exactly obtained as an elliptic function of arc-length. We find that a circular domain can grow into bean-and peach-like domains with pressure, i.e., dipping and cuspidal transitions of circle by compression. The comparison with the experimental observation shows nice agreement. |
2008 | |
ISSN | 1292-8941 |
Volume | 27Issue:1Pages:81-86 |
Subject Area | Physics |
Indexed By | SCI |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.itp.ac.cn/handle/311006/5469 |
Collection | SCI期刊论文 |
Corresponding Author | Iwamoto, M , Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Phys Elect, Meguro Ku, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Tokyo 1528552, Japan |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Iwamoto, M.,Liu, F.,Ou-Yang, Z. C.,et al. Shapes of lipid monolayer domains: Solutions using elliptic functions[J]. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E,2008,27(1):81-86. |
APA | Iwamoto, M.,Liu, F.,Ou-Yang, Z. C.,&Iwamoto, M , Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Phys Elect, Meguro Ku, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Tokyo 1528552, Japan.(2008).Shapes of lipid monolayer domains: Solutions using elliptic functions.EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E,27(1),81-86. |
MLA | Iwamoto, M.,et al."Shapes of lipid monolayer domains: Solutions using elliptic functions".EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E 27.1(2008):81-86. |
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