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Shape and stability of two-dimensional lipid domains with dipole-dipole interactions.

Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.
The Journal of Chemical Physics (impact factor: 3.33). 01/2007; 125(22):224701. DOI:10.1063/1.2402160 pp.224701
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ABSTRACT We study the general energy and shape of the two-dimensional solid monolayer domains with the dipole-dipole interactions. Compared with the domain energy without tilted dipole moments [M. Iwamoto and Z. C. Ou-Yang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206101 (2004)], the general dipolar energy is not only shape and size but also boundary orientation dependent. The general shape equation derived by this energy using variational approach predicts a circular solution and an equilibrium shape grown from this circle. In particular, the latter is composed of two branches: a translation-induced growth of all odd harmonic modes and a pressure-induced cooperative deformation by all even harmonic modes. The good qualitative agreement between our prediction and the experimental observations shows the validity of the present theory.

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Keywords

boundary orientation dependent
 
circular solution
 
domain energy
 
experimental observations
 
general dipolar energy
 
general energy
 
general shape equation
 
good qualitative agreement
 
odd harmonic modes
 
present theory
 
tilted dipole moments [M
 
two-dimensional solid monolayer domains
 
Z. C. Ou-Yang
 

Mitsumasa Iwamoto