Lattices of passages connecting membranes are frequently observed in a variety of membranous systems. We study their elastic properties within the framework of the curvature energy. Our calculations apply to the vesicle case where the constraints of constant surface and volume determine the shape profile. We concentrate on the physically relevant case of periodic boundary conditions for each cell containing passages, where the lattice parameter is set by the Gaussian bending modulus. It is shown that lattices of passages lack in-plane shear rigidity and we propose this as the basic reason for the strong fluctuations which are observed in experiments. Other compression modes couple to the vesicle shape. Our calculations are based on a detail...
Cellular membranes exhibit a fascinating variety of different morphologies, which are continuously r...
AbstractBiomimetic membranes are fluid and can undergo two different elastic deformations, bending a...
International audienceOsmotic deflation of giant vesicles in the rippled gel-phase $P_{\beta '}$ giv...
Lattices of passages connecting membranes are frequently observed in a variety of membranous systems...
The collisions of neighboring membranes in lamellar phases leads to the formation of passages, or “w...
The present thesis is devoted to the study of constrained membranes with a focus on biological struc...
The interplay between geometry, topology and order can lead to geometric frustration that profoundly...
Membranes with curvature inducing inclusions display a range of cooperative phenomena, which can be ...
To dynamically reshape the membrane, cells rely on a variety of intracellular mechanisms, ranging fr...
The dynamics of thin, membrane-like structures are ubiquitous in nature. They play especially import...
We investigate the mechanics of heterogeneous vesicles having a collection of phase-separated domain...
Lipid membranes and fiber networks in biological systems perform important mechanical functions at t...
Shapes of closed fluid membranes such as those formed by lecithin in water were calculated as a func...
We investigate the effects of topological defects on the low-energy shapes of single-component two-d...
In lamellar phases of ternary amphiphilic mixtures, passages are tube-like connections of neighborin...
Cellular membranes exhibit a fascinating variety of different morphologies, which are continuously r...
AbstractBiomimetic membranes are fluid and can undergo two different elastic deformations, bending a...
International audienceOsmotic deflation of giant vesicles in the rippled gel-phase $P_{\beta '}$ giv...
Lattices of passages connecting membranes are frequently observed in a variety of membranous systems...
The collisions of neighboring membranes in lamellar phases leads to the formation of passages, or “w...
The present thesis is devoted to the study of constrained membranes with a focus on biological struc...
The interplay between geometry, topology and order can lead to geometric frustration that profoundly...
Membranes with curvature inducing inclusions display a range of cooperative phenomena, which can be ...
To dynamically reshape the membrane, cells rely on a variety of intracellular mechanisms, ranging fr...
The dynamics of thin, membrane-like structures are ubiquitous in nature. They play especially import...
We investigate the mechanics of heterogeneous vesicles having a collection of phase-separated domain...
Lipid membranes and fiber networks in biological systems perform important mechanical functions at t...
Shapes of closed fluid membranes such as those formed by lecithin in water were calculated as a func...
We investigate the effects of topological defects on the low-energy shapes of single-component two-d...
In lamellar phases of ternary amphiphilic mixtures, passages are tube-like connections of neighborin...
Cellular membranes exhibit a fascinating variety of different morphologies, which are continuously r...
AbstractBiomimetic membranes are fluid and can undergo two different elastic deformations, bending a...
International audienceOsmotic deflation of giant vesicles in the rippled gel-phase $P_{\beta '}$ giv...