Critical fluctuations of tense fluid membrane tubules.
We show that, contrary to planar membranes under tension, tense membrane tubules exhibit important critical fluctuations originating from unidimensional Goldstone modes. The latter yield unexpected behavior, such as correlations extending over the whole tube length and the increase of the fluctuating area over the projected area with increasing tension.
Fournier
Jean-Baptiste
JB
Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, UMR 7057 CNRS & Université Paris 7 - 2 place Jussieu, F-75251 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Galatola
Paolo
P
D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008560:Membrane Fluidity; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008563:Membrane Lipids