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(a) Cross sectional view of a flat membrane, with surface area A0. (b) When bent, the flat membrane shows stretching (A > A0) in the top monolayer and compression (A < A0) in the bottom monolayer. The neutral surface is the plane in the bent membrane with nearly constant surface area (A = A0). The neutral surfaces in the flat and bent membranes are shown as solid lines.
