Table 1.
Summary of the parameters
| Material properties | Selected values |
|---|---|
| ϕ0 (resting lipid areal density) | 1000/629 × 1018/m2 |
| σ0 (lipid bilayer surface tension with zero density strain) | exp(−7) mN/m |
| km (lipid bilayer bending modulus) | 36 kBT |
| Kapp (lipid bilayer apparent area stretching modulus) | 300 mN/m |
| krootlet (rootlet rotational stiffness of single stereocilium) | 0.2 fN/rada |
| D (lipid diffusion constant) | 5 μm2/s |
| ΔAchannel (hair cell MS channel area difference between open and closed states) | 3 nm2 |
| ΔG (hair cell MS channel internal energy difference between open and closed states) | 7 kBT |
| rb (radial size of axisymmetric tented membrane) | 22 nmb |
For a discussion about how these parameters are selected, see Supporting Material.
a
The value is varied from 0.2 to 0.05 fN/rad in Fig. 4A.