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Snapshots of the simulation boxes at the maximum retracting forces (c.f. stars in Fig. 5) in different reservoir fluids. The atom and ion colors are the same as in Figs 1 and 3. Water molecules are removed for clarity. Note the difference in the order of the alkanethiols among the three fluids.