Fig. 3.

Effect of the intrinsic energy barrier $\mathrm{\Delta }e$ on the optimal number of SNAREpins (A) and on the associated fusion time (B). The parameters values are taken from Table 1 with ${\kappa }_n=0.11-24\hspace{0.17em}\mathrm{p}\mathrm{N}\hspace{0.17em}{\mathrm{n}\mathrm{m}}^{-1}$.