Open AccessRecent advances of theoretical researches in morphologies of lipid vesicles
Author(s) -
Yang Pan,
Z. C. Tu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.65.188701
Subject(s) - lipid bilayer , vesicle , organelle , lipid vesicle , membrane , curvature , biological membrane , bilayer , membrane curvature , biophysics , nanotechnology , chemistry , materials science , chemical physics , biology , biochemistry , mathematics , geometry
Lipid membrane is a continuous barrier between cell and organelle, providing relatively separate room for the vital biological reaction to take place and guarantee substance, energy and information exchange between cells and organelles. Helfrich proposed a spontaneous curvature model to describe the free energy of lipid bilayer. This article reviews the equations describing the equilibrium morphologies of closed lipid membranes and lipid membranes with free edge based on the spontaneous model, and some analytic solutions are provided as well. The practicality of proving linking condition for splitting vesicle is also discussed.