Kinetics of Vesicle Growth
Abstract
A mechanism is proposed for the growth of vesicles dispersed in a liquid solvent and a size distribution function is obtained for the vesicles, both from the first principles calculations. This distribution function is shown to be positively skewed and evolving in time obeying a Fokker-Planck type equation. The critical size of the spherical vesicles is shown to grow in time with an exponent of 0.25. A constant is suggested that characterizes how easily a vesicle can absorb amphiphiles into its periphery.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- October 2018
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1810.06459
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1810.06459
- Bibcode:
- 2018arXiv181006459S
- Keywords:
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- Physics - Biological Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter;
- Quantitative Biology - Subcellular Processes
- E-Print:
- 8 pages, 2 figures