Zheng Shi

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How can I determine the order of a phase transition?

I have a question about how to determine the order of a phase transition in a thought experiment. The phase transition I'm thinking is about the shape transition of thin films. Imagine you have...

21 March 2014 2,415 53 View

What is the spontaneous curvature of PIP2?

It seems to me that the spontaneous curvature of most lipids are well determined, for example, as listed in this wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane_curvature (Lipid Spontaneous...

11 January 2014 9,306 3 View

How to determine the spontaneous curvature of lipids?

The shape of individual lipid molecule corresponds to a spontaneous curvature of this lipid species. I'm wondering what kinds of experiments can be used to determine the value of this spontaneous...

18 October 2013 9,904 20 View

Does anyone know what the situations are when cells experience a larger than normal membrane tension?

I assume during cell division or ex/endocytosis, membrane tension will be much larger than normal the value of 0.01~0.1mN/m, because essentially membrane needs to be broken in those processes. But...

06 June 2013 4,773 3 View