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Onsager’s irreversible thermodynamics is used to perform a systematic deduction of the kinetic equations governing the opening and collapse of transient pores in spherical vesicles. We show that the edge tension has to be determined from the initial stage of the pore relaxation and that in the final state the vesicle membrane is not completely relaxed, since the surface tension and the pressure difference are about 25 % of its initial value. We also show that the pore life-time is controlled by the solution viscosity and its opening is driven by the solution leak-out and the surface tension drop. The final collapse is due to a non-linear interplay between the edge and the surface tensions together with the pressure difference. We also discuss the connection with previous models.
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We thank A. Ledesma-Durán and A. Arteaga-Jiménez for their useful discussions. This work was supported by UNAM DGAPA Grant No. IN113415 and CONACYT.
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Martínez-Balbuena, L., Hernández-Zapata, E. & Santamaría-Holek, I. Onsager’s irreversible thermodynamics of the dynamics of transient pores in spherical lipid vesicles. Eur Biophys J 44, 473–481 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00249-015-1051-8
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