Bending energy of a vesicle to which a small spherical particle adhere: An analytical study
Cao Si-Qina), Wei Guang-Honga), Chen Jeff Z. Y.‡b)
       
The adhering–engulfing phase boundaries analytically determined in this work. The dotted line separates the desorbed and adhesion states, while the dashed line separates the adhesion and engulfing states. The phase behavior in the prolate region is unknown from the current work.