Specific adhesion of membranes: Mapping to an effective bond lattice gas
Specific adhesion of membranes: Mapping to an effective bond lattice gas
We theoretically consider specific adhesion of a fluctuating membrane to a hard substrate via the formation of bonds between receptors attached to the substrate and ligands in the membrane. By integrating out the degrees of freedom of the membrane shape, we show that in the biologically relevant limit specific adhesion …