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Modeling local pattern formation on membrane surfaces using nonlocal interactions

dc.contributor.authorAdkins, Melissa, author
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Yongcheng, advisor
dc.contributor.authorKrapf, Diego, committee member
dc.contributor.authorLiu, James, committee member
dc.contributor.authorMueller, Jennifer, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-27T03:57:17Z
dc.date.available2015-08-27T03:57:17Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe cell membrane is of utmost importance in the transportation of nutrients and signals to the cell which are needed for survival. The magnitude of this is the inspiration for our study of the lipid bilayer which forms the cell membrane. It has been recently accepted that the lipid bilayer consists of lipid microdomains (lipid rafts), as opposed to freely moving lipids. We present two lipid raft models using the Ginzburg-Landau energy with addition of the electrostatic energy and the geodesic curvature energy to describe the local pattern formation of these lipid rafts. The development and implementation of a C⁰ interior penalty surface finite element method along with an implicit time iteration scheme will also be discussed as the optimal solution technique.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/166986
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.titleModeling local pattern formation on membrane surfaces using nonlocal interactions
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thesis.degree.disciplineMathematics
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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