Optical observation of rotationally symmetric lecithin vesicle shapes
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Journal de Physique
- Vol. 38 (6) , 727-729
- https://doi.org/10.1051/jphys:01977003806072700
Abstract
The contours of some rotationally symmetric lecithin vesicles were photographed under a phase contrast microscope. On the assumption that the shapes are controlled solely by the curvature elasticity of a fluid membrane, theoretical shapes were fitted to the observed vesicle contours. In all cases an excellent fit was possible by varying the spontaneous curvatureKeywords
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