Nano-Swimmers in Lipid-Bilayer Membranes
M.-J. Huang⁎; A. Mikhailov†,‡,1 ⁎Chemical Physics Theory Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada†Abteilung Physikalische Chemie, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany‡Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan1Chapter coordinator.
Abstract
Biological membranes are lipid bilayers in which lipid flows can be induced. These systems effectively behave as two-dimensional fluids at submicrometer scales. Usually, biomembranes contain a large number of protein inclusions. When such inclusions are active, they operate as nano-machines and cyclically change their conformations. Thus hydrodynamic ...
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