Abstract
We present a numerical result of a geometric surface model for anisotropic membranes. In this model, a "tilt" is assumed on the surface. This tilt represents a three-dimensional degrees of freedom of lipid molecules and is an analogue of "the spin variable" in the ferromagnetic models. We see a multitude of anisotropic phases in the model, and find that the reason of this multitude is a dependence of the bending energy and surface tension on the position and the direction of tilts.
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