Elastic moduli of lipid membranes: reproducibility of AFM measures.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2020.105011
Abstract: Membrane elastic properties play a major role in membrane remodeling events, such as vesicle fusion and fission. They are also crucial in drug delivery by liposomes. Different experimental techniques are available to measure elastic properties.… read more here.
Keywords: lipid membranes; afm measures; bending modulus; moduli lipid ... See more keywords
Bending Modulus of Lipid Membranes from Density Correlation Functions
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00099
Abstract: The bending modulus κ quantifies the elasticity of biological membranes in terms of the free energy cost of increasing the membrane corrugation. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations provide a powerful approach to quantify κ by analyzing… read more here.
Keywords: bending modulus; lipid membranes; modulus lipid; density correlation ... See more keywords
Measuring the bending modulus of lipid bilayers with cholesterol.
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DOI: 10.1103/physreve.104.044405
Abstract: The effect of cholesterol on the bending modulus of DOPC lipid bilayers has become a controversial topic that has implications for methods of measuring the bending modulus. Recent results using neutron spin echo and nuclear… read more here.
Keywords: transport properties; linear transport; lipid bilayers; involve linear ... See more keywords
Effects of cholesterol on the size distribution and bending modulus of lipid vesicles
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263119
Abstract: The influence of cholesterol fraction in the membranes of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) on their size distributions and bending moduli has been investigated. The membranes of GUVs were synthesized by a mixture of two elements:… read more here.
Keywords: cholesterol size; cholesterol; average size; bending modulus ... See more keywords