Confined Multilamellae Prefer Cylindrical Morphology

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dc.creatorHuang, Jung-Ren
dc.creatorZou, Ling-Nan
dc.creatorWitten, Thomas A.
dc.date2005-06-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:05:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:05:40Z
dc.descriptionBy evaporating a drop of lipid dispersion we generate the myelin morphology often seen in dissolving surfactant powders. We explain these puzzling nonequilibrium structures using a geometric argument: The bilayer repeat spacing increases and thus the repulsion between bilayers decreases when a multilamellar disk is converted into a myelin without gain or loss of material and with number of bilayers unchanged. Sufficient reduction in bilayer repulsion can compensate for the cost in curvature energy, leading to a net stability of the myelin structure. A numerical estimate predicts the degree of dehydration required to favor myelin structures over flat lamellae.
dc.description6 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Euro. Phys. J. E
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0506422
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0506422
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/26531
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleConfined Multilamellae Prefer Cylindrical Morphology
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