Author/Editor		Sevšek, F; Svetina, S; Žekš, B
Title		The effect of membrane elasticity on shapes of nearly spherical phospholipid vesicles
Type		članek
Source		Springer Proc Phys
Vol. and No.		Letnik 66
Publication year		1992
Volume		str. 101-4
Language		eng
Abstract		The equilibrium shapes of nearly spherical phospholipid vesicles were determined taking into account finite elasticity of the membrane and of the enclosed liquid. Using spherical harmonics expansion and the second order epproximation, the equilibrium shape of a vesicle was found to be either spherical or quadrupolarly distorted, depending on the volume of the vesicle and the areas of the two leaflets of the membrane in the unstretched state.
Descriptors		MEMBRANES PHOSPHOLIPIDS ELASTICITY MODELS, THEORETICAL BIOPHYSICS