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. 2016 Jul 26;111(2):363–372. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.06.016

Table 1.

Experimental Values of Bilayer Thickness h and E Obtained from the Topography and Nanomechanical Measurement of the Lipid Domains and Estimated Values for KA and kC

Bilayer thickness
Young’s modulus
Stretch modulus
Bending stiffness
h (nm) E (MPa) KA (pN/nm) kC (kBT)
ld DOPC domain 4.6 ± 0.2 33 ± 7 202.0 23.8
ld DOPC domain + fluvastatin 4.5 ± 0.2 31 ± 14 183.4 21.3
ld DOPC domain + atorvastatin 4.4 ± 0.2 36 ± 9 212.0 23.7
so DPPC domain 5.5 ± 0.2 40 ± 10 289.2 48.9
so DPPC domain + fluvastatin 5.4 ± 0.2 50 ± 30 355.9 58.5
so DPPC domain + atorvastatin 5.7 ± 0.3 81 ± 37 615.6 114.1

Data are averaged from the means of the log-normal distributions of at least three different samples for each composition.