Table 2 Contributions of different deformational modes to the total energy of the pore edge in the membrane made of the reference model lipid.

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

Pore radius, r, nm

0.2

0.4

0.6

1

2

5

10

15

200

Splay energy, k B T /%

0.03 0.68%

0.46 2.74%

2.45 7.18%

32.4 90.4%

26.5 86.3%

45.5 80.0%

103 80.9%

166 81.6%

2622 83.4%

Tilt energy, k B T /%

0.06 1.27%

0.57 3.45%

2.54 7.43%

1.70 4.8%

2.70 8.8%

7.90 14.0%

16.9 13.3%

25.8 12.7%

356 11.3%

Stretching energy, k B T /%

0.01 0.25%

0.18 1.07%

1.11 3.25%

1.70 4.8%

1.50 4.9%

3.50 6.0%

7.40 5.8%

11.6 5.7%

168 5.3%

Hydrophobic energy, k B T /%

4.33 97.8%

15.5 92.7%

28.1 82.2%

0 0%

0 0%

0 0%

0 0%

0 0%

0 0%

Total energy, k B T

4.41

16.6

34.1

35.8

30.7

56.9

127

204

3145

Line tension, pN

14.0

26.4

36.2

22.8

9.77

7.24

8.09

8.66

10.0

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