Spontaneous vesiculation.
The thermodynamics of vesicle formation was analyzed by using the elastic bending energy approach. Several different possibilities of spontaneous vesiculation, due to soft bilayers, non-zero spontaneous curvature and Gaussian curvature, respectively, were presented and discussed. Intermediate structures in the closed vesicle-disklike mixed micelle phase transition could be either cup-like particles or open bilayers partially rolled into lipid tubules.
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Liposome Consultations, Newark, CA, USA. peter.frederik@elmi.unimaas.nl
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D005732:Gangliosides / Q000737:chemistry; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry; D008081:Liposomes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D013816:Thermodynamics
D005732:Gangliosides; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008081:Liposomes; D013501:Surface-Active Agents