title: The kinetics of phase separation in asymmetric membranes.
abstract: Phase separation in a model asymmetric membrane is studied using Monte Carlo techniques. The membrane comprises two species of particles, which mimic different lipids in lipid bilayers and separately possess either zero or non-zero spontaneous curvatures. We study the influence of phase separation on membrane shape and the influence of the coupling of composition and height dynamics on phase separation and domain growth, via both the degree of shape asymmetry and relative kinetic coefficients for height relaxation.
authors.affiliation: School of Biochemistry & Microbiology, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Nigel M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Hooper
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Olmsted
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers