Morphology of toroidal vesicles

ORAL

Abstract

The equilibrium shapes of toroidal fluid vesicles have been studied for many years. Recently, a new class of stable nonaxisymmetric circular shapes has been observed both from experiment and simulation. This shape contains a necklace-like main ring, usually accompanied by buds. Using Monte Carlo simulation and theoretical analysis, we investigate the morphology of toroidal vesicle. Based on Delaunay unduloids we give a perturbative estimation of the properties of the main ring.

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Presenters

  • Yihao Liang

    • Northwestern University

Authors

  • Yihao Liang

    • Northwestern University

  • Xiangjun Xing

    • Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Monica Olvera de la Cruz

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
    • Northwestern University
    • Material Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
    • Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
    • Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
    • Materials Science, Northwestern University