Dynamically-Stabilized Pores in Bilayer Membranes

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1996-10-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9610072v2

Biophys. J. 72, 2211-16 (1997)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

7 pages RevTeX, 3 included eps figures (published version). Postscript also available at http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/~moroz

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78864-7

Zhelev and Needham have recently created large, quasi-stable pores in artificial lipid bilayer vesicles [Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1147 (1993) 89]. Initially created by electroporation, the pores remain open for up to several seconds before quickly snapping shut. This result is surprising in light of the large line tension for holes in bilayer membranes and the rapid time scale for closure of large pores. We show how pores can be dynamically stabilized via a new feedback mechanism. We also explain quantitatively the observed sudden pore closure as a tangent bifurcation. Finally we show how Zhelev and Needham's experiment can be used to measure accurately the pore line tension, an important material parameter. For their SOPC/CHOL mixture we obtain a line tension of 2.6 10^{-6} erg/cm.

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