Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Soft Matter. 2016 Sep 13;12(36):7521–7528. doi: 10.1039/c6sm01349j

Table 1.

Bending κ, direct area expansion Kdir, and apparent area expansion Kapp moduli for GUV membranes as determined by micropipette aspiration measurement at T = 22.5°C

Vesicle κ (10−20 J) Kdir (mN/m) Kapp (mN/m) n
DMPC 11.8 ± 1.3 173 ± 20 153 ± 17 10
DOPC 9.1 ± 1.5 210 ± 25 174 ± 20 10
DMPC/DOPC(1:1mixture) 11.2 ± 1.4 182 ± 15 159 ± 13 8
Inner: DMPC -Outer: DOPC 17.2 ± 2.5 248 ± 20 219 ± 15 8
Inner: DOPC -Outer: DMPC 16.8 ± 2.1 254 ± 19 224 ± 15 8

All values are shown as mean ± SD. n represents the number of GUVs used during measurements.