Abstract
We develop and analyze a continuum Landau theory for ordered chiral and achiral bilayer membranes. This theory contains couplings between tangent-plane orientational order and curvature that lead to "rippled" or Pβ′ phases with one-dimensional height modulations and to phases with two-dimensional height modulations. We calculate mean-field phase diagrams from this model.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 504-513 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Physical Review E |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1995 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Statistics and Probability
- Condensed Matter Physics