Cluster buckling as a result of compression-bending balance in lipid bilayer.
A new approach supporting the possibility of cluster buckling during the main phase transition in the lipid bilayer is presented. The elastic energy is calculated via harmonic approximation which yields the potential minimum in the case of buckling cluster, if critical cluster size is achieved. The significance of this event for interbilayer interaction in multilamellar vesicles is discussed.
Marek
J
J
Department of Biophysics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice. marek@saske.sk
D004548:Elasticity; D007700:Kinetics; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013816:Thermodynamics
D008051:Lipid Bilayers