Peridynamic Modeling of Ruptures in Biomembranes.

We simulate the formation of spontaneous ruptures in supported phospholipid double bilayer membranes, using peridynamic modeling. Experiments performed on spreading double bilayers typically show two distinct kinds of ruptures, floral and fractal, which form spontaneously in the distal (upper) bilay...

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Main Authors: Michael Taylor, Irep Gözen, Samir Patel, Aldo Jesorka, Katia Bertoldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5102442?pdf=render