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

Table 2.

Experimental Values of Young’s Modulus Obtained from the Nanomechanical Measurements of Single-Component Lipid Bilayers

Bilayer thickness
Young’s modulus
h (nm) E (MPa)
ld DOPC 4.6 ± 0.2 31 ± 15
ld DOPC + atorvastatin 4.9 ± 0.2 36 ± 12
ld DOPC + TX-100 4.5 ± 0.2 42 ± 7
so DPPC 5.1 ± 0.2 50 ± 7
so DPPC + atorvastatin 5.9 ± 0.3 71 ± 15
so DPPC + TX-100 5.5 ± 0.3 91 ± 38

Data are averaged from at least three different samples for each composition.