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arxiv: 0802.2786 · v3 · submitted 2008-02-20 · ❄️ cond-mat.soft · cond-mat.mtrl-sci· cond-mat.stat-mech

Topological instabilities of spherical vesicles

classification ❄️ cond-mat.soft cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.stat-mech
keywords sphericalvesiclesbubblesdoubleinstabilitiestopologicaldiagramdifferential
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Within the framework of the Helfrich elastic theory of membranes and of differential geometry we study the possible instabilities of spherical vesicles towards double bubbles. We find that not only temperature, but also magnetic fields can induce topological transformations between spherical vesicles and double bubbles and provide a phase diagram for the equilibrium shapes.

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