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. 2014 Oct 1;8(5):198–213. doi: 10.1049/iet-syb.2013.0057

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

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