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Helfrich Model

The Helfrich Model is a theoretical framework in biophysics that describes the elastic properties of lipid bilayers by relating membrane curvature energy to local mean and Gaussian curvatures, incorporating spontaneous curvature and bending rigidity as key parameters.

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Helfrich Hamiltonian

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179

On the quantum mechanics of supermembranes

Bernard de Wit, Jens Hoppe, Hermann Nicolai · Nuclear Physics B · 1988 · 937 citations · Full text

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Properties of the eleven-dimensional supermembrane theory

Eric Bergshoeff, Ergin Sezgin, Paul Townsend · Annals of Physics · 1988 · 429 citations · Full text

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Steric Interactions in a Model Multimembrane System: A Synchrotron X-Ray Study

Cyrus R. Safinya, D. Roux, Gregory S. Smith et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1986 · 420 citations

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Bending Rigidity and Gaussian Bending Stiffness of Single-Layered Graphene

Yujie Wei, Baoling Wang, Jiangtao Wu et al. · Nano Letters · 2012 · 371 citations · Full text

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Elastic deformation of a fluid membrane upon colloid binding

Markus Deserno · Physical Review E · 2004 · 283 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JZ
    Jeff Z. Y. Chen

    University of Waterloo, Canada

    5 publications · 141 citations

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  2. OZ
    Ou-Yang Zhong-can

    Institute of Theoretical Physics, China

    4 publications · 162 citations

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  3. TZ
    Thomas Zemb

    Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, France

    4 publications · 128 citations

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  4. MD
    Markus Deserno

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    4 publications · 466 citations

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  5. LA
    Lise Arleth

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 publications · 102 citations

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220

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    34 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    35 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. Institute of Theoretical Physics

    Beijing, China

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    676 citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, Spain

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    187 citations

  6. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    253 citations

  7. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    292 citations

  8. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    194 citations

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  1. Physical Review E

    PRE · 21 publications · 947 citations

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  2. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    20 publications · 880 citations

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 14 publications · 1K citations

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  5. Soft Matter

    12 publications · 305 citations

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