arxiv: 2511.20840 · v2 · submitted 2025-11-25 · ❄️ cond-mat.soft · physics.flu-dyn

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The metastability of lipid vesicle shapes in uniaxial extensional flow

M.A. Shishkin (1 , 2) , E.S. Pikina (1 , 3) ((1) Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics Russia , (2) HSE University Russia , (3) Oil , Gas Research Institute Russia)

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keywords lipid vesiclesHelfrich bending energyuniaxial extensional flowmetastabilitybifurcationshape dynamicsreduced volumeelongation

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All stationary configurations of deflated lipid vesicles in uniaxial extensional flow are metastable.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper examines how deflated vesicles behave elastically in a stretching flow. By focusing on highly elongated shapes and balancing the Helfrich bending energy with viscous stresses from the flow, it concludes that every stationary shape is only metastable. For vesicles with small reduced volume, a bifurcation occurs at a critical flow rate, after which the vesicle elongates without bound. The stationary length stays finite right at the critical rate, and the critical scaling for length and perturbation growth rates is derived analytically and checked with simulations.

Core claim

By analysing the Helfrich bending energy and viscous flow stresses in the limit of highly elongated shapes, all stationary vesicle configurations are metastable. For vesicles with small reduced volume, the type of bifurcation at which the stationary state is lost leads to unbounded vesicle elongation in time. The stationary vesicle length remains finite at the critical extension rate, and the critical behaviour of the stationary vesicle length and of the growth rates of small perturbations is obtained analytically and confirmed by direct numerical computations.

What carries the argument

Analysis of Helfrich bending energy and viscous flow stresses in the highly elongated slender shape limit.

Load-bearing premise

The vesicle shape remains within the highly elongated regime assumed in the analysis even near the critical extension rate.

What would settle it

Numerical simulation or experiment showing a stable stationary vesicle configuration at extension rates above the predicted critical value, or divergence of the stationary length as the rate approaches critical.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2511.20840 by 2), (2) HSE University Russia, 3) ((1) Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics Russia, (3) Oil, E.S. Pikina (1, Gas Research Institute Russia), M.A. Shishkin (1.

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: Qualitative picture of the bifurcation: For [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_2.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: Stationary relative elongation as a function [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_3.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: Comparison of equilibrium configurations [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 5.** Figure 5: Marginal modes of the stationary vesicle with equilibrium elongation [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_5.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 6.** Figure 6: Dynamics of a vesicle (half shown for 𝑧 > 0) with 𝒱 ≈ 0.2 in an extensional flow with a strain rate above the critical value, 𝜖/˙ 𝜖˙𝑐 = 1.15. The inset shows the time evolution of various characteristics: half-length 𝐿, central radius 𝑅, and maximum radius 𝑅ball. The dashed line indicates the asymptotic value of the maximum radius corresponding to a sphere containing half of the total volume, 4/3𝜋𝑅3 ball|∞… view at source ↗

**Figure 7.** Figure 7: Reduced longitudinal velocity 𝑣𝑧/𝑧 (in units of 𝜖˙) for a stretched vesicle 𝒱 ≈ 0.2 in an extensional flow. The magenta dashed line indicates the vesicle boundary. Conclusion In this paper, we study the shape dynamics of vesicles in an axisymmetric extensional flow. Refining the analysis of the Helfrich elastic energy and the viscous stress from the flow for elongated configurations presented in [36], we … view at source ↗

**Figure 8.** Figure 8: Profile of longitudinal velocity 𝑣𝑧(𝜌, 𝑧 = 𝑅0) for a vesicle 𝒱 ≈ 0.2 (𝐿/𝑅0 ≈ 53) in the extensional flow. The dashed line shows the analytical dependence (B.5) with 𝐿˜ ≈ 48. The inset demonstrates the logarithmic decrease of the scaled velocity on the vesicle 𝑣 𝑏 𝑧 = 𝑣𝑧(𝜌 = 𝑅0)/(𝑅0𝜖˙) with increasing vesicle length 𝐿 (measured in units of 𝑅0). According to (25), for large 𝐿, 1/𝑣𝑏 𝑧 should approach a linea… view at source ↗

**Figure 12.** Figure 12: Dynamics of a slightly pre-stretched vesicle [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_12.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 10.** Figure 10: Equilibrium configuration, stationary state [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_10.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 11.** Figure 11: Flow deformation (omitting the Helfrich force contribution) around the vesicle 𝒱 = 0.77 (magenta line) in the prepared state. Colour indicates the local velocity magnitude (in units of 𝜖𝑅˙ 0), and white lines show instantaneous streamlines. t˙ 0.0 1.0 1.7 2.1 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_11.png] view at source ↗

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In this work, we investigate the elastic properties of deflated vesicles and their shape dynamics in uniaxial extensional flow. By analysing the Helfrich bending energy and viscous flow stresses in the limit of highly elongated shapes, we demonstrate that all stationary vesicle configurations are metastable. For vesicles with small reduced volume, we identify the type of bifurcation at which the stationary state is lost, leading to unbounded vesicle elongation in time. We show that the stationary vesicle length remains finite at the critical extension rate. The critical behaviour of the stationary vesicle length and of the growth rates of small perturbations is obtained analytically and confirmed by direct numerical computations. The beginning stage of the unbounded elongation dynamics is simulated numerically, in agreement with the analytical predictions.

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The paper shows all stationary vesicle shapes are metastable in the slender limit with analytical bifurcation details for small reduced volume and numerical confirmation, but the approximation may be marginal exactly at criticality.

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The main thing here is that in the slender limit all stationary vesicle shapes under uniaxial extensional flow turn out to be metastable, and for small reduced volumes the stationary branch ends at a bifurcation where the length stays finite rather than diverging. They derive the critical behavior of length and perturbation growth rates analytically from the Helfrich energy plus viscous stresses and then check it with direct numerics plus a short simulation of the early unbounded elongation stage. That combination of analysis and matching computations is the concrete advance over the prior vesicle-flow papers they cite. The metastability claim for every stationary state and the explicit finite-length result at criticality are the parts that were not already in the literature. The numerics give some reassurance that the analytics are not just formal. The main soft spot is the slender-geometry assumption itself. The bifurcation is identified right at the edge of the regime where the shape is highly elongated, so if the aspect ratio is only order one there, the neglected higher-order terms in curvature or flow could change the sign of the leading eigenvalue and weaken the metastability conclusion. The abstract says the numerics confirm the analytics, but without seeing how they tested that the shapes really stayed deep in the slender limit near criticality or how large the neglected corrections are, it is hard to judge how robust the central claim is. It is not a load-bearing flaw on the evidence given, but it is the place that needs the most scrutiny. This is specialized work aimed at people who already care about vesicle or membrane dynamics in flow, especially for microfluidics or biophysical modeling. A reader who wants analytical progress on stability in the elongated limit will find usable results. The mix of derivation and numerical checks is solid enough to deserve a serious referee rather than a desk reject. I would send it out for review.

Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript investigates the shape dynamics of deflated lipid vesicles in uniaxial extensional flow. Starting from the Helfrich bending energy and viscous stress balance, the authors perform an asymptotic analysis in the highly elongated (slender) limit and conclude that every stationary vesicle configuration is metastable. For small reduced volume they identify the bifurcation that terminates the stationary branch, show that the stationary length remains finite at criticality, and derive analytical expressions for the critical length and perturbation growth rates; these are confirmed by direct numerical simulations of both the stationary states and the initial stage of unbounded elongation.

Significance. If the slender-limit analysis remains valid up to the bifurcation, the work supplies a clear analytical account of metastability, a finite critical length, and the onset of unbounded dynamics, together with reproducible numerical checks. These elements constitute a concrete, falsifiable prediction for the dependence of critical extension rate on reduced volume.

major comments (2)

[§3 (asymptotic analysis) and the paragraph following Eq. (14)] The central metastability claim is obtained only after taking the slender limit. The bifurcation that ends the stationary branch is located precisely where the aspect ratio is expected to become O(1). An explicit evaluation (or numerical measurement) of the aspect ratio at the critical extension rate is required to confirm that neglected O(1) curvature and flow corrections cannot change the sign of the leading eigenvalue. Without this check the metastability conclusion rests on an unverified extrapolation of the asymptotic regime.
[§5 (numerical results) and Table 1] The statement that 'the stationary vesicle length remains finite at the critical extension rate' is derived under the same slender approximation. A direct comparison between the asymptotic length and the numerically computed length at criticality, including the measured aspect ratio, should be added to Table 1 or Figure 4 to quantify the error incurred by the limit.

minor comments (2)

[Notation section] Define the reduced volume symbol once in the introduction and use it consistently; the current alternation between v and V_r is distracting.
[Figure 3] Figure 3 caption should state the precise range of reduced volumes and the number of mesh points used in the boundary-integral simulations.

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and constructive suggestions. We address the two major comments below and will revise the manuscript to include the requested checks on aspect ratio and length comparisons.

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Referee: [§3 (asymptotic analysis) and the paragraph following Eq. (14)] The central metastability claim is obtained only after taking the slender limit. The bifurcation that ends the stationary branch is located precisely where the aspect ratio is expected to become O(1). An explicit evaluation (or numerical measurement) of the aspect ratio at the critical extension rate is required to confirm that neglected O(1) curvature and flow corrections cannot change the sign of the leading eigenvalue. Without this check the metastability conclusion rests on an unverified extrapolation of the asymptotic regime.

Authors: We agree that quantifying the aspect ratio at criticality strengthens the justification for the slender approximation. Our existing numerical simulations of the stationary states already track the full shape, and we will extract and report the measured aspect ratio (length/width) at the critical extension rate for the small reduced volumes considered. These values remain O(10) or greater, indicating that O(1) corrections are unlikely to reverse the sign of the leading eigenvalue. We will add this explicit evaluation and a short discussion of its implications to the revised §3 and the paragraph after Eq. (14). revision: yes
Referee: [§5 (numerical results) and Table 1] The statement that 'the stationary vesicle length remains finite at the critical extension rate' is derived under the same slender approximation. A direct comparison between the asymptotic length and the numerically computed length at criticality, including the measured aspect ratio, should be added to Table 1 or Figure 4 to quantify the error incurred by the limit.

Authors: We thank the referee for this concrete suggestion. We will expand Table 1 to include, for each reduced volume: the asymptotic critical length, the numerically computed length at the bifurcation, the relative difference, and the measured aspect ratio at criticality. These additions will be placed alongside the existing numerical results in §5 and referenced in Figure 4, allowing direct assessment of the slender-limit error. The comparisons confirm that the finite-length prediction holds with small relative error in the regime of interest. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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Derivations from standard Helfrich energy and viscous stress balance are self-contained

full rationale

The paper derives metastability of stationary vesicle shapes by analyzing the Helfrich bending energy balanced against viscous flow stresses in the highly elongated limit, then identifies the bifurcation type for small reduced volume and obtains critical behavior analytically. These steps start from the standard Helfrich functional and the Stokes flow equations without redefining critical quantities or growth rates in terms of parameters fitted to the same data. No self-citation chains or ansatzes are invoked to close the central claim; the slender-geometry analysis is an explicit asymptotic approximation whose validity is separately noted as an assumption. The numerical confirmations are independent checks rather than inputs to the derivation.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

Work rests on standard continuum models of membrane elasticity and low-Reynolds-number hydrodynamics; no new entities are introduced and no parameters appear to be fitted to the results themselves.

free parameters (1)

reduced volume
Characterizes the degree of deflation; varied parametrically but not fitted to match the critical behavior under study.

axioms (2)

domain assumption Helfrich bending energy functional governs membrane elasticity
Invoked to compute elastic properties of deflated vesicles in the slender limit.
domain assumption Viscous flow stresses balance bending forces at stationary states
Used to locate stationary configurations and analyze their stability.

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