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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr. 2021 Apr 20;1863(8):183625. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2021.183625

Table 2:

Membrane thickness measured from bilayer patches (see Fig. 5) and force curves (see Fig. 2) at different Chol/POPC mixing ratios. The values are shown as mean ± SD.

Chol/POPC mixing ratio 0 1 1.5 2.5 3
Membrane height (nm) Bilayer patches 6.24±0.13 6.64±0.19 6.71±0.23 7.68±0.44 8.81±0.25
aForce curves 5.78±0.14 5.87±0.15 7.62±0.20 8.35±0.18 10.58±0.35
Water layer thickness (nm) 2.34±0.35 2.07±0.32 2.14±0.35 3.11±0.51 4.24±0.36
a

Force curves are obtained for complete supported bilayer, and the membrane height includes water layer thickness.