Spontaneous Curvature Induced Stretching-Bending Mode Coupling in Membranes
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This manuscript calculates the mode structure of a “crystalline” membrane whose equilibrium state has curvature that breaks up-down symmetry. The new interaction takes the form of
Div u \nabla^2 f
and provides interesting q^3 couplings in the equation of motion. The eigenmodes develop imaginary parts in certain ranges of wavenumber. I recommend publication. A few typos and confusing English should be corrected.
- I am not sure how to interpret “even with respect to ”up-down” symmetry” in the second paragraph.
- 4 lines before Eq. (2), “Moreover it can be broken not uniformly over the membrane” -> “Moreover, it can be nonuniformly broken over the membrane…”
- (2) div should be in roman, not italic type. Alternatively, use {\bm \nabla} \cdot
- It would be better to write $\gamma_{\text{int}}$ rather than simply $\gamma_{\int}$.
- 2 lines after Eq. (9), “since the are no any” -> “since there are not any”
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Reviewer 2 Report
The example provided in this work illustrates basic ideas that are quite general and applicable to a large variety of interesting physical systems.
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
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