2007/10/01 by L. V. Elnikova, Elnikova, L. V.
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0710.0150
We propose a model for explanation the "domain-wall" type configuration states in binary lipid mixtures of cationic and neutral lipids, associated with observed relaxation effects in their aggregates. We apply the analogy with formation of Kibble-Żurek topological defects, which we suppose connected with structural dynamics of the lipid phases. In frames of the proposed model, the density of kink-type defects and the energy of the configurations are calculated.