. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 4.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Dec 16;134(2):1164–1171. doi: 10.1021/ja2092322

Table 2.

Cluster characteristics

M	$X_{c r}^{M}$	w (cal/mol) ^a	reference ^b
1	0.666	268.2
2	0.5	280.1	¹³
3	0.4	289.6	¹³
4	0.333	297.8	¹³
5	0.286	305.3	⁸
6	0.25	312.4	¹³
7	0.222	319.2	¹³
8	0.2	325.9	¹³
9	0.182	332.4	⁸ detected dip at X_cr = 0.175
10	0.166	338.9	²
11	0.154	345.4	¹⁹
12	0.143	351.8	¹⁹

Cooperativity energy defined by w = ε_us – (ε_uu + ε_ss)/2.

The listed references refer to ergosterol/DMPC and cholesterol/DMPC mixtures. A complete list of critical concentration measured on different cholesterol/phospholipid mixtures can be found at Ref.2.