Critical swelling of particle-encapsulating vesicles

dc.creatorHaleva, Emir
dc.creatorDiamant, Haim
dc.date2008-02-11
dc.date2008-08-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:56:43Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:56:43Z
dc.descriptionWe consider a ubiquitous scenario where a fluctuating, semipermeable vesicle is embedded in solution while enclosing a fixed number of solute particles. The swelling with increasing number of particles or decreasing concentration of the outer solution exhibits a continuous phase transition from a fluctuating state to the maximum-volume configuration, whereupon appreciable pressure difference and surface tension build up. This criticality is unique to particle-encapsulating vesicles, whose volume and inner pressure both fluctuate. It implies a universal swelling behavior of such vesicles as they approach their limiting volume and osmotic lysis.
dc.description4 pages, 1 figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0802.1422
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0802.1422
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 101, 078104 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.078104
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/167076
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleCritical swelling of particle-encapsulating vesicles
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