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