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The Conformation of Flexible Membranes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Reinhard Lipowsky  and
Joanna Cook-RÖder
Reinhard Lipowsky
Affiliation:
Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich Postfach 1913, D-5170 Jülich, Germany
Joanna Cook-RÖder
Affiliation:
Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich Postfach 1913, D-5170 Jülich, Germany
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Abstract

Membranes such as lipid bilayers are highly flexible surfaces which determine the architecture of biological systems and provide a basic structural element for the mesophases of complex fluids1. Two aspects of their conformational behavior will be considered. First, the morphology of vesicles and membranes is briefly reviewed. Then, recent theoretical work on adhesion (or cohesion) phenomena which involve whole bunches of membranes will be discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 248: Symposium O – Complex Fluids , 1991 , 47
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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