Figure 7.

Membrane conformations as a function of $C_0^{\parallel }$ for a nematic membrane with ϕ_A = N, J = 0, κ^∥ = 5k_BT and κ = 10k_BT. The membrane stabilizes a prolate like shape when $C_0^{\parallel }=0$ (a) which remodels into cylinders (b), discs (c) and invaginations (d) for $C_0^{\parallel }=-0.2,-0.4$, and –0.6. Similarly, for positive values of the spontaneous curvature $C_0^{\parallel }=0.2,0.4$ and > 0.5 the observed shapes correspond to cylinder (e), corkscrew (f), branched tubules (g and h). The shapes correspond to a membrane with ϕ_A = N, J = 0, ε_LL = 3k_BT, κ^∥ = 5k_BT and κ = 10k_BT.