Abstract
Effective bending moduli of a fluid membrane using transfer-matrix method was studied. A fluid membrane was subjected to a curved reference plane. The effective bending moduli were read from the free-energy cost due to the reference-plane deformations. It was found that the effective bending rigidity gains even in the case of very flexible membrane and the effective Gaussian-curvature modulus stays almost scale invariant.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 031901 |
| Pages (from-to) | 319011-319019 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 3 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 1 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Statistics and Probability
- Condensed Matter Physics