The membrane transporter lactose permease increases lipid bilayer bending rigidity.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.06.038
Abstract: Cellular life relies on membranes, which provide a resilient and adaptive cell boundary. Many essential processes depend upon the ease with which the membrane is able to deform and bend; features that can be characterized… read more here.
Keywords: lipid bilayer; bending rigidity; lactose permease; membrane ... See more keywords
Variation of tensile and bending rigidities of a duplex embossed steel sheet by small uniaxial tensile deformation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2018.05.014
Abstract: Abstract Materials which have periodic macroscopic structure have some potential for becoming an advanced method to enhance the mechanical properties of sheet metal which will be applied to automotive parts and architecture. This structure, achieved… read more here.
Keywords: uniaxial tensile; deformation; sheet; bending rigidity ... See more keywords
Increasing the efficiency and maneuverability of one-hinge swimmer
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DOI: 10.1063/5.0052755
Abstract: Understanding the dynamics of micro-organisms will help in developing artificial swimmers for applications like drug delivery. In the present study, a two-dimensional one-hinge swimmer resembling a scallop in Newtonian fluid is explored. To model the… read more here.
Keywords: swimmer; hinge swimmer; one hinge; bending rigidity ... See more keywords
A bending rigidity parameter for stress granule condensates
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg0432
Abstract: Interfacial tension plays an important role in governing the dynamics of droplet coalescence and determining how condensates interact with and deform lipid membranes and biological filaments. We demonstrate that an interfacial tension-only model is inadequate… read more here.
Keywords: stress granules; rigidity parameter; stress; stress granule ... See more keywords
Bending behavior and geometrical optimization of five-layered corrugated sandwich panels with equal in-plane principal stiffness
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DOI: 10.1177/00219983221082236
Abstract: In this work, bending properties of five-layer sandwich panels with corrugated three-layer core are investigated both numerically and experimentally. Sheet metal forming is employed to construct the corrugated core and three-point bending tests are performed… read more here.
Keywords: bending behavior; sandwich panel; panel; sandwich panels ... See more keywords
Blood bank storage of red blood cells increases RBC cytoplasmic membrane order and bending rigidity
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259267
Abstract: Blood banks around the world store blood components for several weeks ensuring its availability for transfusion medicine. Red blood cells (RBCs) are known to undergo compositional changes during storage, which may impact the cells’ function… read more here.
Keywords: red blood; storage; blood; bending rigidity ... See more keywords
Determining the Bending Rigidity of Free-Standing Planar Phospholipid Bilayers
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DOI: 10.3390/membranes13020129
Abstract: We describe a method to determine membrane bending rigidity from capacitance measurements on large area, free-standing, planar, biomembranes. The bending rigidity of lipid membranes is an important biological mechanical property that is commonly optically measured… read more here.
Keywords: rigidity; free standing; standing planar; determining bending ... See more keywords
Optimized Design of Structure of High-Bending-Rigidity Circular Tube
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DOI: 10.3390/su13084534
Abstract: Circular tubes are widely used in daily life and manufacture under bending load. The structural parameters of a circular tube, such as its wall thickness, number and shapes of ribs, and supporting flanges, are closely… read more here.
Keywords: bending rigidity; tube; structural parameters; ribs ... See more keywords