Abstract
Molecular dynamics (MD) calculation of the fluid phase lauryl alcohol-laurate bilayer has been executed based on Berendsen's surface-constrained model. Structure and dynamics of the bilayer have been investigated by analyzing the trajectories of the chain configurations. Newly defined correlation functions as well as the conventional ones showed that the tilt and bend of the chain play an important role in the bilayer structure, including behavior of the order parameter. Interpenetration of the layers as well as formation of collectively ordered small domains was also found. The calculated lateral diffusion coefficient was in satisfactory agreement with the experimental one. Successive jumps of the head group, rather than the hydrodynamic continuous motion, were observed. Between the jumps, the molecule librated in a local site. Time-dependent autocorrelation functions showed evidence of several different modes of the chain motion, whose time constant ranged from a few tenths of picoseconds to several tens of picoseconds.
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