Charge-Fluctuation-Induced Non-analytic Bending Rigidity

Details Charge-Fluctuation-Induced Non-analytic Bending Rigidity Charge-Fluctuation-Induced Non-analytic Bending Rigidity

1998-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9801275v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Revtex, 9 pages, no figures, submitted to PRL

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1338

In this Letter, we consider a neutral system of mobile positive and negative charges confined on the surface of curved films. This may be an appropriate model for: i) a highly charged membrane whose counterions are confined to a sheath near its surface; ii) a membrane composed of an equimolar mixture of anionic and cationic surfactants in aqueous solution. We find that the charge fluctuations contribute a non-analytic term to the bending rigidity that varies logarithmically with the radius of curvature. This may lead to spontaneous vesicle formation, which is indeed observed in similar systems.

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