title: Membrane flow patterns in multicomponent giant vesicles induced by alternating electric fields†Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Vesicle preparation procedure, numerical calculations and confocal microscopy movies of domain motion. See DOI: 10.1039/b811876kClick here for additional data file.Click here for additional data file.Click here for additional data file.Click here for additional data file.Click here for additional data file.
abstract: Alternating electric (AC) fields induce circular patterns of lipid transport in membranes of giant vesicles. The flow is visualized by fluorescently labelled lipid domains.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Science Park Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany. Email:  Rumiana.Dimova@mpikg.mpg.de ; ; Tel: +49 331 567 9612.
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authors.lastname: Staykova
authors.forename: Reinhard
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authors.lastname: Lipowsky
authors.forename: Rumiana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dimova
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