Kinetics of Vesicle Growth
Abstract
A mechanism is proposed for the growth of vesicles dispersed in a liquid solvent and a size distribution function is obtained for the vesicles, both from the first principles calculations. This distribution function is shown to be positively skewed and evolving in time obeying a Fokker-Planck type equation. The critical size of the spherical vesicles is shown to grow in time with an exponent of 0.25. A constant is suggested that characterizes how easily a vesicle can absorb amphiphiles into its periphery.
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