Department of Physics Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
4-1995
Publication Source
Physical Review Letters
Volume
74
Issue
17
Start Page
3384
Last Page
3387
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.3384
Abstract
We give a simple theory for recent experiments of Bar-Ziv and Moses [Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 1392 (1994)] in which tubular vesicles are excited using laser tweezers to a "peristaltic" state. Considering the hydrodynamics of a bilayer membrane under tension, we reproduce some of the qualitative behavior seen and find a value for the wavelength of the instability in terms of independently measured material parameters, in rough agreement with the experimental values.
Recommended Citation
Nelson, P. C., Powers, T., & Seifert, U. (1995). Dynamical Theory of the PearlingInstability in Cylindrical Vesicles. Physical Review Letters, 74 (17), 3384-3387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.3384
Date Posted: 01 May 2017
This document has been peer reviewed.