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We report the observation of phospholipid vesicles of high topological genus, exhibiting strong thermal fluctuations. By deeply affecting the global shape of the vesicle, they differ from the usual local thermal undulations of the membrane. They can be described as positional fluctuations of necks linking 2 nearby concentric membranes. We then present the results of a simple model for the shape of the necks based on an electrostatic analogy. This approach is corroborated by a numerical solution of the minimization problem [1].
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Michalet, X., Bensimon, D., Fourcade, B. (1994). Vesicles of High Topological Genus. In: Rabin, Y., Bruinsma, R. (eds) Soft Order in Physical Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 323. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2458-8_28
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