title: Raspberry vesicles.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS URA 792, Collège de France, 11 place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Anne-Laure
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Marie-Alice
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Guedeau-Boudeville
authors.forename: Ludovic
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jullien
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: di Meglio
mesh_terms: D005638:Fruit / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014867:Water