Table 1 Line tensions of pore edge in DOPC membrane.

From: Pore formation in lipid membrane I: Continuous reversible trajectory from intact bilayer through hydrophobic defect to transversal pore

γ, pN

Our average value

Our limiting values

Experimentally determined values

Small pores

14.2

12.5–17.0

    

11.545

10.551

11.652

Large pores

22.2

19.5–27.4

6.9 or 20.753

11.450

27.710

1854

   
  1. Our calculated values are presented on Fig. 4B (average values) and Fig. 4D (limiting values). Small pores correspond to the local minimum of the line tension dependence γ(r); large pores correspond to r → ∞.
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