Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2002-10-18
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
23 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.67.031919
A theory is presented for the membrane junction separation induced by the adhesion between two biomimetic membranes that contain two different types of anchored junctions (receptor/ligand complexes). The analysis shows that several mechanisms contribute to the membrane junction separation. These mechanisms include (i) the height difference between type-1 and type-2 junctions is the main factor which drives the junction separation, (ii) when type-1 and type-2 junctions have different rigidities against stretch and compression, the ``softer'' junctions are the ``favored'' species, and the aggregation of the softer junction can occur, (iii) the elasticity of the membranes mediates a non-local interaction between the junctions, (iv) the thermally activated shape fluctuations of the membranes also contribute to the junction separation by inducing another non-local interaction between the junctions and renormalizing the binding energy of the junctions. The combined effect of these mechanisms is that when junction separation occurs, the system separates into two domains with different relative and total junction densities.
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