Influence of membrane bending rigidity on vesicle budding
a Free energy of vesicle nucleation and its dependence on membrane bending rigidity, κ
b Morphologies for different values of C
0 for a coat radius of r
0 = 4.55a
0 and membrane bending rigidity of κ = 20kB T
c Morphologies for different values of C
0 for a coat radius of r
0 = 3.25a
0 and membrane bending rigidity of κ = 20kB T