Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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601361 | Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Authors
Oskar Allerbo, Anders Lundström, Kristian Dimitrievski,