1. On the role of electrostatic repulsion in topological defect-driven membrane fission
Ekaterina Gongadze, Luka Mesarec, Samo Kralj, Veronika Kralj-Iglič, Aleš Iglič, 2021, original scientific article

Keywords: fission of vesicles, electric double layer, osmotic pressure, orientational ordering of water dipoles, topological defects
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3. Curvature potential unveiled topological defect attractors
Luka Mesarec, Aleš Iglič, Veronika Kralj-Iglič, Wojciech Góźdź, Epifanio Giovanni Virga, Samo Kralj, 2021, original scientific article

Keywords: topological defects, nematic liquid crystals, nematic shells, geometric potentials, curvature
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5. Mechanical and electrical interaction of biological membranes with nanoparticles and nanostructured surfaces
Jeel Raval, Ekaterina Gongadze, Metka Benčina, Ita Junkar, Niharika Rawat, Luka Mesarec, Veronika Kralj-Iglič, Wojciech Góźdź, Aleš Iglič, 2021, review article

Keywords: lipid bilayer electrostatics, zwitterionic lipid bilayers, electric double layer, osmotic pressure, orientational degree of freedom of lipid headgroups, orientational ordering of water dipoles, adhesion of lipid vesicles, lipid bilayer elasticity, lipid vesicle shapes
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