Domain aggregation and associated pore growth in lipid membranes

• Main Authors: Liu, Yue, Zou, Guijin, Gao, Huajian
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Membrane-Targeting Nanomedicine; Domain Aggregation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160137
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Recent experiments have shown that certain molecular agents can selectively penetrate and aggregate in bacterial lipid membranes, leading to their permeability and rupture. To help reveal and understand the underlying mechanisms, here we establish a theory to show that the deformation energy of the...