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The handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/80202
holds various files of this Leiden University
dissertation.
Author: Rinaldin, M.
ON THE GEOMETRY OF
DEMIXING
A study of lipid phase separation on curved surfaces
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. C. J. J. M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 7 november 2019
klokke 10 uur
door
Melissa Rinaldin
Promotores: Dr. D. J. Kraft
Prof. dr. M. L. van Hecke
Co-promotor: Dr. L. Giomi
Promotiecommissie: Dr. T. Idema (Delft University of Technology) Dr. M. Staykova (Durham University, Durham, VK) Prof. dr. E. R. Eliel
Prof. dr. H. Schiessel Prof. dr. T. Schmidt
Casimir PhD series, Delft-Leiden 2019-32 ISBN 978-90-8593-415-8
An electronic version of this thesis can be found at https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl
The work described in this thesis was supported by the NanoFront consortium, a program of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) that is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) and the VENI grant 680-47-431, also financed by NWO.
Contents
1
Introduction
1
2
Colloid supported lipid bilayers
17
3
Lipid demixing on colloids
45
4
On the mechanics and thermodynamics of phase separation in
curved space
67
5
Lipid demixing on substrates topographically patterned with
colloids
101
6
Lipid bilayers of designed curvature on substrates obtained via
micro-printing and replica-moulding
117
7
Conclusions
135
Appendix 141 Bibliography 149 Samenvatting 167 Summary 171 Sintesi 175 List of publications 179About the author 181