A fluid lipid membrane transmits stresses and torques that are fully determined by its
geometry. They can be described by a stress-and torque-tensor, respectively, which yield …

Cell membranes are vital to shield a cell's interior from the environment. At the same time
they determine to a large extent the cell's mechanical resistance to external forces. In recent …

RNAi technology is currently experiencing a revival due to remarkable improvements in
efficacy and viability through oligonucleotide chemical manipulations and/or via their …

This article reports on the construction and predictive models for a platform comprised of an
engineered tethered membrane. The platform provides a controllable and physiologically …

Using a variational approach, the Euler–Lagrange equations of an open lipid bilayer subject
to forces and couples distributed on its surface and edge are derived. Both constant and …

The transition between two basic structures, a disk and an enclosed vesicle, of a finite
membrane is studied by examining the minimum energy path (MEP) connecting these two …

Sakuma and Imai [Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 198101 (2011)] established a temperature-
controlled cyclic process for a model system of self-reproducing vesicles without feeding …

Plasma membrane damage and rupture occurs frequently in cells, and holes must be sealed
rapidly to ensure homeostasis and cell survival. The membrane repair machinery is known …

What is the optimal distribution of two types of crystalline phases on the surface of
icosahedral shells, such as of many viral capsids? We here investigate the distribution of a …

The segregation and phase sequence of semifluorinated cat–anionic surfactant membranes
at different excess surface charges was investigated by freeze-fracture transmission electron …