Fig. 7.
Comparison of membrane average height (z) profiles (left) and curvature field (right) in presence of rigid (top rows, A–C), rigid-tethered (middle rows, D–F), and flexible (bottom rows, G–I) NPs, with fixed bending rigidity of κ = 20kBT and excess area of Aex = 6%. In the average height profile, red areas have above-average heights while blue areas are below the average. The curvature field in the right half of the plot appears to be centered on NP, and red and blue areas are the strongest curvature fields where the NP is.