Phase separation and shape deformation of two-phase membranes
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 61 (1) , R57-R60
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.61.r57
Abstract
Within a coupled-field Ginzburg-Landau model we study analytically phase separation and accompanying shape deformation on a two-phase elastic membrane in simple geometries such as cylinders, spheres, and tori. Using an exact periodic domain wall solution we solve for the shape and phase separating field, and estimate the degree of deformation of the membrane. The results are pertinent to preferential phase separation in regions of differing curvature on a variety of vesicles.Keywords
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