ISSN:
0392-6737
Keywords:
Disperse systems
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Conference proceedings
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Summary A simple computer model of defection process caused by interactions between melittin and phosphatidylcholine (PC) model membrane has been proposed. It leads to a scaling formula which connects the average diameter (or linear size parameter) of the affected domain with the reciprocity of the number of such domains. Some preliminary investigations show the scaling exponent to be a small fractional number between ca. 0.3 and 0.1, depending on the number of possible infection directions and the type of lattice taken as a lipid matrix. Such small values of the scaling exponent can roughly be interpreted in terms of random tesselations on a plane (like random Voronoi networks), and the whole process displays a statistical self-similarity. The values obtained seem to be, however, small comparable to the scaling exponents characteristic for the faulting process occurring during the earthquake propagation.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02462041
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