ISSN:
1434-6036
Keywords:
PACS. 64.60.-i General studies of phase transitions - 68.35.Ct Interface structure and roughness
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract: Wetting phenomena, molecular protrusions of lipid bilayers and membrane stacks under lateral tension provide physical examples for interacting surfaces with tension. Such surfaces are studied theoretically using functional renormalization and Monte-Carlo simulations. The critical behavior arising from thermally-excited shape fluctuations is determined both for global quantities such as the mean separation of these surfaces and for local quantities such as the probabilities for local contacts.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s100510050507