Before revision: Local point deformations such as membrane protein interactions are typically modelled with the complex theory of biological liquid crystals but the mechanical properties of a homogeneous bilayer are often characterized in terms of only three mechanical elastic modulus : the area expansion modulus Ka, a bending modulus Kb and an edge energy .
After revision: Local point deformations such as membrane protein interactions are typically modelled with the complex theory of biological liquid crystals but the mechanical properties of a homogeneous bilayer are often characterized in terms of only three mechanical elastic moduli : the area expansion modulus Ka, a bending modulus Kb and an edge energy .