Author/Editor		Peterlin, Primož; Svetina, Saša; Žekš, Boštjan
Title		The frequency dependence of phospolipid vesicle shapes in an external electric field
Type		članek
Source		Pflugers Arch
Vol. and No.		Letnik 439, št. 3 Suppl
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. R139-40
Language		eng
Abstract		Experiments show that phospholipid vesicles exposed to AC electric field undergo a shape transition from prolate to oblate ellipsoidal shape when the frequency of the field is increased. A theoretical model, based on the minimization of total free energy of the vesicle, was devised to explain this phenomenon. The model exhibits the same frequency-dependent prolate-to-oblate shape transition as observed in the experiment.
Descriptors		CELL SIZE MEMBRANE LIPIDS PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS MODELS, THEORETICAL