Numerical study of the phase separation in binary lipid membrane containing protein inclusions under stationary shear flow.
The phase separation of lipids is believed to be responsible for the formation of lipid rafts in biological cell membrane. In the present work, a continuum model and a particle model are constructed to study the phase separation in binary lipid membrane containing inclusions under stationary shear flow. In each model, employing the cell dynamical system (CDS) approach, the kinetic equations of the confusion-advection process are numerically solved. Snapshot figures of the phase morphology are performed to intuitively display such phase evolving process. Considering the effects from both the inclusions and the shear flow, the time growth law of the characteristic domain size is discussed.
Chen
Xiao-Bo
XB
Key Laboratory of Failure Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.
Shi
Hui-Ji
HJ
Niu
Li-Sha
LS
D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011506:Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013997:Time Factors
D008563:Membrane Lipids; D011506:Proteins