Variational analysis of a mesoscale model for bilayer membranes

DOI10.1007/S11784-014-0180-5zbMATH Open1306.49020arXiv1402.6600OpenAlexW2058165299WikidataQ59873981 ScholiaQ59873981MaRDI QIDQ490047FDOQ490047

Authors: Luca Lussardi, Matthias Röger, Mark A. Peletier 

Publication date: 21 January 2015

Published in: Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present an asymptotic analysis of a mesoscale energy for bilayer membranes that has been introduced and analyzed in two space dimensions by the second and third author (Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 193, 2009). The energy is both non-local and non-convex. It combines a surface area and a Monge-Kantorovich-distance term, leading to a competition between preferences for maximally concentrated and maximally dispersed configurations. Here we extend key results of our previous analysis to the three dimensional case. First we prove a general lower estimate and formally identify a curvature energy in the zero-thickness limit. Secondly we construct a recovery sequence and prove a matching upper-bound estimate.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.6600

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zbMATH Keywords

\(\Gamma\)-convergenceMonge-Kantorovich distancelipid bilayerscurvature functionals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Biomechanical solid mechanics (74L15) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Biophysics (92C05) Biomechanics (92C10) Membranes (74K15)

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