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AKB: Biologische Physik

AKB 100: Poster Session I

AKB 100.64: Poster

Saturday, March 5, 2005, 16:45–18:45, Poster TU D

Solid domains in fluid vesicles — •Erwin Gutlederer, Thomas Gruhn, and Reinhard Lipowsky — Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany

Recent experiments reveal the existence of solid domains in fluid vesicles when they are cooled below a certain temperature. In our theoretical approach we analyse thermodynamic properties of this domain formation and investigate how the internal ordering of the solid membrane affects the morphology of the vesicle. Monte Carlo simulations allow us to estimate free energy differences between vesicles with different solid domain shapes.