Journal article
Elastic properties of self-assembled bilayer membranes: Analytic expressions via asymptotic expansion
Abstract
Bilayer membranes self-assembled from amphiphilic molecules are ubiquitous in biological and soft matter systems. The elastic properties of bilayer membranes are essential in determining the shape and structure of bilayers. A novel method to calculate the elastic moduli of the self-assembled bilayers within the framework of the self-consistent field theory is developed based on an asymptotic expansion of the order parameters in terms of the …
Authors
Cai Y; Li S; Shi A-C
Journal
The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 152, No. 24,
Publisher
AIP Publishing
Publication Date
June 28, 2020
DOI
10.1063/5.0009734
ISSN
0021-9606