# Active interface growth and pattern formation in membrane-protein systems

Source: [Active interface growth and pattern formation in membrane-protein systems](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3a1f1e209131ce8c83ce>)

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Authors: F. Cagnetta, M. R. Evans, D. Marenduzzo

Published: 2017-12-15T17:43:27.000Z

## Abstract

Inspired by recent experimental observation of patterning at the membrane of a living cell, we propose a generic model for the dynamics of a fluctuating interface driven by particle-like inclusions which stimulate its growth. We find that the coupling between interfacial and inclusions dynam- ics yields microphase separation and the self-organisation of travelling waves. These patterns are strikingly similar to those detected in the aforementioned experiments on actin-protein systems. Our results further show that the active growth kinetics does not fall into the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class for growing interfaces, displaying instead a novel superposition of equilibrium-like scaling and sustained oscillations.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.05764>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.05764.pdf>)