Kinks in two-phase lipid bilayer membranes

DOI10.1007/s00526-012-0550-zzbMath1272.49091arXiv1603.02721MaRDI QIDQ368540

Michael Helmers

Publication date: 23 September 2013

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.02721

zbMATH Keywords

phase field model; \(\Gamma\)-convergence; two-phase lipid bilayer membrane

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

49J45: Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation

92C10: Biomechanics

74K15: Membranes

82B26: Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics

49Q10: Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces

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