A lattice model of ternary mixtures of lipids and cholesterol with tunable domain sizes
Tanmoy Sarkar, Oded Farago
Abstract
, a mixture not showing thermodynamic phase transitions but one that may be fitted to the same phase diagram if local measures are used to distinguish between the different states. Our model results suggest that short range packing is likely to be a key regulator of the stability and size distribution of biological rafts.
Topics & Concepts
Ternary operationLattice (music)Domain (mathematical analysis)CholesterolChemistryMaterials scienceThermodynamicsPhysicsMathematicsComputer scienceBiochemistryMathematical analysisAcousticsProgramming languageLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsCholesterol and Lipid Metabolism