Simulations of lipid vesicle rupture induced by an adjacent supported lipid bilayer patch
Journal article, 2011

Using a simple phenomenological model of a lipid bilayer and a surface, simulations were performed to study the bilayer-induced vesicle rupture probability as a vesicle adsorbs adjacently to a bilayer patch already adsorbed on the surface. The vesicle rupture probability was studied as a function of temperature, vesicle size, and surface-bilayer interaction strength. From the simulation data, estimates of the apparent activation energy for bilayer-induced vesicle rupture were calculated, both for different vesicle sizes and for different surface-bilayer interaction strengths.

Author

Oskar Allerbo

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Biological Physics

Anders Lundström

Chalmers, Applied Physics

Kristian Dimitrievski

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Biological Physics

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

0927-7765 (ISSN) 1873-4367 (eISSN)

Vol. 82 2 632-636

Subject Categories

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

DOI

10.1016/j.colsurfb.2010.09.023

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10/8/2017