Correlations in simulated model bilayers.
Molecular dynamics simulations of a model bilayer in a solvent are used to determine the structure factors S(q) and other correlations at vanishing lateral tension of the system and at positive and negative tensions as well. The role played by curvature in the absence of surface tension, metastability, and phase transitions, and the dependence on the specific area, are discussed. Possible height-height correlation functions S(q) are examined and tested.
Stecki
J
J
Department III, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warszawa, Poland. stecki@ichf.edu.pl
D003198:Computer Simulation; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008560:Membrane Fluidity; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D044367:Phase Transition; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D013501:Surface-Active Agents