Mobility and Elasticity of Self-Assembled Membranes Export

@article{citeulike:5394017, abstract = {Molecular dynamics simulations are used in order to study the self-assembly process and the physical properties of flexible membranes composed of amphiphilic molecules. On molecular scales; these membranes are observed to be rather mobile and to have rough surfaces arising from molecular protrusions; i.e.; from the relative displacements of individual molecules. On length scales that are only somewhat larger than the membrane thickness; on the other hand; the membranes are found to undergo smooth bending undulations. In this way; our study provides the first explicit connection between computer simulations with molecular resolution and elastic membrane models based on differential geometry.}, author = {Goetz, R\"{u}diger and Gompper, Gerhard and Lipowsky, Reinhard}, citeulike-article-id = {5394017}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.221}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v82/i1/p221_1}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v82/i1/p221_1}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.221}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {dynamics, simulation}, month = {Jan}, number = {1}, pages = {221--224}, posted-at = {2009-08-07 18:26:58}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Mobility and Elasticity of Self-Assembled Membranes}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.221}, volume = {82}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5394017 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5394017 N2 - Molecular dynamics simulations are used in order to study the self-assembly process and the physical properties of flexible membranes composed of amphiphilic molecules. On molecular scales; these membranes are observed to be rather mobile and to have rough surfaces arising from molecular protrusions; i.e.; from the relative displacements of individual molecules. On length scales that are only somewhat larger than the membrane thickness; on the other hand; the membranes are found to undergo smooth bending undulations. In this way; our study provides the first explicit connection between computer simulations with molecular resolution and elastic membrane models based on differential geometry. IS - 1 JF - Physical Review Letters EP - 224 TI - Mobility and Elasticity of Self-Assembled Membranes PB - American Physical Society VL - 82 SP - 221 KW - dynamics KW - simulation AU - Goetz, Rüdiger AU - Gompper, Gerhard AU - Lipowsky, Reinhard PY - 1999/Jan// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.221 ER -