Figure 9.

Membrane shape in the vicinity of three pulled peptide trimers (ΔH = 2 nm) in the optimal configuration (θ₁ = 5π/6, θ₂ = π/6, θ₃ = −π/2): the contour plot of the shape of the neutral surface of the upper monolayer, H_u(x, y). Trimers are shown as oblique gray cylinders, the centers of which have coordinates x = 5 nm, y = 0; x = −5 nm, y = 0; x = 0, y = 75^1/2 ≈ 8.7.