Chapter 14. Tension-induced mutual adhesion and a conjectured superstructure of lipid membranes

W. Helfrich
Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin,
Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany

1. Introduction

2. Mutual adhesion of lipid membranes induced by lateral tension: experiments

3. Tentative theory of induced adhesion

4. The contradictions of induced adhesion

5. Other indications of lipid membrane complexity and superstructure

6. Conclusion

Acknowledgements

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