Some models for lipid bilayer and biomembrane phase transitions

1975 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 1347-1353 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. L. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Lipid Bilayer

scholarly journals Lipid Bilayer Thickness Measured by Quantitative DIC Reveals Phase Transitions and Effects of Substrate Hydrophilicity

Langmuir ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (43) ◽  
pp. 13805-13814 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Regan ◽  
Joseph Williams ◽  
Paola Borri ◽  
Wolfgang Langbein
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Lipid Bilayer ◽  
Bilayer Thickness

Theory of lipid bilayer phase transitions as detected by fluorescent probes

1979 ◽  
Vol 45 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 109-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Yguerabide ◽  
Margaret C. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Lipid Bilayer ◽  
Fluorescent Probes

Temperature Induced Phase Transitions in Lipid Bilayer Models

1984 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gervais Chapuis ◽  
Kurt Schenk ◽  
Javier Zuniga
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Lipid Bilayer

DETECTING PHASE EQUILIBRIA IN MODELS OF THERMOTROPIC AND LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS

1993 ◽  
Vol 07 (04) ◽  
pp. 217-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHENGPING ZHANG ◽  
OLE G. MOURITSEN ◽  
MARTIN J. ZUCKERMANN
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Phase Equilibria ◽  
Lipid Bilayer ◽  
Finite Size ◽  
Lyotropic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Lyotropic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Simulation Techniques ◽  
Thermotropic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Computer Simulation Techniques

New ways are discussed of numerically detecting the nature of phase transitions and the position of phase equilibria in models of thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals where the phase transitions are dominated by strong fluctuations. The cases of continuous transitions (critical points), first-order transitions, as well as the absence of transitions, are considered. It is shown how computer-simulation techniques, which operate on a free-energy level by using reweighting (histogram) techniques in combination with finite-size scaling theory, provide an effective tool for unambiguously determining the nature of the transition and the position of associated phase equilibria. Three specific models are considered: the Lebwohl–Lasher model of the nematic–isotropic transition in thermotropic liquid crystals, the mismatch model of the main chain-melting phase transition in lipid-bilayer lyotropic liquid crystals, and a model for critical mixing in a lipid-bilayer lyotropic liquid crystal incorporated with trans-bilayer polypeptides.

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