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A budding vesicle encapsulating phases α and β and surrounded in phase γ. (a) On a macroscopic scale, three apparent contact angles (θα, θβ, and θγ) may be measured at the point where the boundary between liquid phases contacts the membrane; (b) The membrane is in fact locally smooth at this intersection; the intrinsic contact angle (θin) is the angle between the membrane and the liquid phase boundary. Reproduced from Kusumaatmaja, Li, Dimova, and Lipowsky[36].
