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[Effect of the surface charge on deformation dynamics in lipid membranes]
1Biological Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob'evy Gory, Moscow, 119899 Russia.
Biofizika
|July 14, 2001
Abstract:
A theoretical analysis of equations of motion describing the dynamics of a charged spherical membrane in a viscous liquid medium was performed. It was shown that the curvature of the membrane substantially depends on the static surface charge. In addition, it was found that a local variation in surface charge density induces a deformation of the membrane and conversely.