Stationary shapes of axisymmetric vesicles beyond lowest-energy configurations

• Published in: Soft matter Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 2258 - 2271
• Main Authors: Reboucas, Rodrigo B, Faizi, Hammad A, Miksis, Michael J, Vlahovska, Petia M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 06.03.2024
• Subjects: Configurations; Electric fields; Energy; External pressure; Internal pressure; Vesicles

We conduct a systematic exploration of the energy landscape of vesicle morphologies within the framework of the Helfrich model. Vesicle shapes are determined by minimizing the elastic energy subject to constraints of constant area and volume. The results show that pressurized vesicles can adopt high...