Abstract
The competition between pulling tethers formation and adhesion in bound vesicles was investigated. A model was developed in which tethers were induced by the applications of a pulling force to the top of strongly adhered vesicle. A critical onset force was also identified where the tether initiates a detachment process that culminates in a continuous unbinding of the vesicle at the finite detachment force. Both the shape parameters as well as critical forces were also calculated as a function of the reduced volume and the strength of adhesive potential.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 208101 |
| Pages (from-to) | 208101-1-208101-4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue number | 20 |
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| State | Published - 21 May 2004 |