title: Transformation of an oblate-shaped vesicle induced by an adhering spherical particle.
abstract: We discuss vesicle-shaped transformations induced by an adhering spherical particle of different sizes using the classical Helfrich bending energy model. We focus on studying a model of an oblate vesicle with no spontaneous curvature in terms of fixed enclosing volume and surface area. Numerical solutions allow us to map out a complex phase diagram for such a simple, yet fundamental, physical system.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory for Computational Physical Sciences (Ministry of Education), and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Siqin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Guanghong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Jeff Z Y
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000269:Adhesives / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000269:Adhesives