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Figure 3

From: Molecular dynamics simulations of heterogeneous cell membranes in response to uniaxial membrane stretches at high loading rates

Figure 3

The continuum-level deformation characteristics of the cellular membrane subjected to rapid stretches (engineering strain rate range of ~106–1010  s −1). The Green - Lagrange strain fields are extracted from the discrete particle positions determined by the MD simulations and can be used to quantitatively assess the structural alterations of the lipid molecules in response to the mechanical loadings. The evolutions of the in-plane and out-of-plane transverse strains with the axial strain are illustrated for the central group PM of the pure lipid bilayer membrane complex.

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