Lipid bilayers and interfaces

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Abstract

We developed a method to evaluate the mechanical properties of the monolayers in symmetric surfactant bilayers using self-consistent field theory.A specific boundary condition is used to impose the same curvature onto the two opposing monolayers at the surfactant chemical potential equal to that of the corresponding homogeneously curved bilayer.Typically the spontaneous monolayer curvature J m 0 = 0 and its value depends on the surfactant architecture.This is of importance for the thermodynamics and topology of lamellar surfactant phases.Furthermore, it may be relevant in processes involving biological membranes, e.g., the fusion and budding of vesicles and the incorporation of proteins in lipid bilayers.

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