Raspberry vesicles.
We present a method to control the osmotic stress of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUV) and we report an original shrinkage mode of the vesicles: the volume reduction is accompanied by the formation of inverted daughter vesicles which gives the shrunk vesicles the appearance of raspberries. We analyze this peculiar shrinkage and we propose some physical origins for the observed phenomena.
Bernard
Anne-Laure
AL
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS URA 792, Collège de France, 11 place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Guedeau-Boudeville
Marie-Alice
MA
Jullien
Ludovic
L
di Meglio
Jean-Marc
JM
D005638:Fruit / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
D014867:Water