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. 2021 Jun 9;4:704. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02155-5

Fig. 3. Models proposed with different possible conformations for silicone oligomers and polymers in lipid membranes.

Fig. 3

Embedding of the polymer within the membrane decreases the solvation energy but is balanced by the entropic cost of uncoiling the oligomer molecule.