Intrinsic bending force in anisotropic membranes made of chiral molecules
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 38 (6) , 3065-3068
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.38.3065
Abstract
A linear term linked to molecular chirality occurs in the bending energy of membranes with or symmetry. We find it to alternate in sign, depending on the direction of a cylindrical curvature, and discuss consequences for anisotropic solid membranes, tilted fluid bilayers, and ferroelectric smectic liquid crystals.
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