Phase‐field modeling and simulations of multicomponent cell membranes

Abstract

In this talk, we report some of recent works with current and former colleagues at Penn State (S. Das, M. Li, C. Liu, R. Ryham, X. Wang and J. Zhang) on the phase field modeling and simulations of the vesicle membrane deformation under elastic bending energy and the interaction with background fluid flows and other external fields. We discuss the relations between the phase field model and the sharp interface limits and numerical simulations of membranes with various topology and multiple components. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)