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. 2022 Feb 15;121(6):910–918. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.02.015

Appendix Table 1.

Membrane viscosity obtained using different experimental methods and simulations

Method Membrane composition Viscosity (nPa·s·m) Temperature (K) System
Falling ball viscometry (27) SOPC 3 298 GUVs
Coarse-grained simulations (28) SOPC 3 323 bilayer
Electrodeformation (this study) SOPC 9.73 ± 5.80 298 GUVs
Probe diffusion (61) SOPC 13.2 a 293 GUVs
Optical dynamometry (26) DMPC 5 ± 2 298 GUVs
Neutron spin echo (20) DMPC 75 298 SUVs
Coarse-grained simulations (28) DMPC 5 323 bilayer
Fluorescence spectroscopy (79) DMPC 0.36 a 298 SUVs
Tether pulling (11) EPC 2.7–88 295–298 GUVs
Shear surface rheology (10) POPC 300,000 NA monolayer
Electrodeformation (this study) POPC 9.32 ± 5.95 298 GUVs
Shear surface rheology (10) POPC:Chol (7:3) 10,000 NA monolayer
Shear surface rheology (10) DPPC 900,000 NA monolayer
Optical tweezers (80) DOPC <0.6 293 bilayer
Fluorescence spectroscopy (79) DOPC 0.20 a 298 SUVs
Fluorescence quantum yield (23) DOPC 0.84 a 298 LUVs
Fluorescence lifetime of dye (24) DOPC 0.15 a 298 LUVs
All-atom simulations (7) DOPC 0.197 ± 0.0069 297 bilayer
Coarse-grained simulations (28) DOPC 0.17 323 bilayer
Membrane-anchored particles (16) DOPC 15.3 ± 3.4 297 GUVs
Electrodeformation (this study) DOPC 4.11 ± 2.63 298 GUVs
Probe diffusion (15) DOPC 0.59 ± 0.2 298 GUVs
Neutron spin echo (9) DOPC 16.7 ± 1.1 298 SUVs
Electrodeformation (this study) OMPC 7.73 ± 3.09 298 GUVs
Membrane-anchored particles (16) 13:0 PC 14.7 ± 6.9 297 GUVs
Neutron spin echo (9) DOPC:Chol (8:2) 31.9 ± 3.5 298 SUVs
Electrodeformation (this study) DOPC:Chol (1:1) 7.00 ± 4.77 298 GUVs
Electrodeformation (this study) DPPC:Chol (1:1) 56.4 ± 4.63 298 GUVs
Optical tweezers (80) DOPC:DPPC (2:1), Lo 2.1 293 bilayer
Shear-driven flow (8) DOPC:DPPC (85:15), Ld 1.9 ± 11.9 296 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (8) DiPhyPC:Chol:DPPC (5:40:55), Lo 15.7 ± 9.9 296 GUVs
Domain fluctuations (18) DiPhyPC:Chol:DPPC (25:55:20) 4 ± 1 293 GUVs
Diffusion of domains (12) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (3.5:3.5:3), Lo 10–500 295 GUVs
Diffusion of domains (13) DiPhyPC:DPPC (1:1) 2.2 ± 0.1 296.5 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (3:6:1), Lo domain 4.1 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (4:5:1), Lo domain 14 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (2:6:2), Lo domain 9.6 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (4:4:2), Lo domain 4.3 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (5:3:2), Lo domain 54 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (6:2:2), Ld domain 1200 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (2:5:3), Lo domain 7.7 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (5:2:3), Ld domain 85 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (6:1:3), Ld domain 1200 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (3:3:4), Ld domain 0.63 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (4:2:4), Ld domain 65 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (5:1:4), Ld domain 71 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (4:3:3), Ld domain 98 293 GUVs
Shear-driven flow (19) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (3:5:2), Lo domain 65 293 GUVs
Electrodeformation (this study) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (1:1:1) 17.7 ± 3.06 298 GUVs
Electrodeformation (this study) DPPC:DOPC:Chol (1:1:2) 15.4 ± 2.40 298 GUVs
Falling ball viscosimetry (81) PBd33-b-PEO20 1500 ± 120 298 GUVs
Electrodeformation (this study) PBd33-b-PEO20 2890 ± 670 298 GUVs
Micropipette aspiration (82) PEG-b-PA6ester1 7,900,000 ± 200,000 298 GUVs
Micropipette aspiration (82) PEG-b-PA444 4,000,000 ± 200,000 298 GUVs
Atomic force microscopy (83) PBd130-b-PEO66 5,000,000 298 bilayer
Atomic force microscopy (83) PBd130-b-PEO66 (cross-linked) 20,000,000 298 bilayer
Electrodeformation (this study) PBd13-b-PEO11 14.4 ± 4.40 298 GUVs
Electrodeformation (this study) PBd22-b-PEO14 686 ± 51.0 298 GUVs
Electrodeformation (this study) PBd46-b-PEO24 20,600 ± 4700 298 GUVs
Electrodeformation (this study) PBd54-b-PEO29 46,700 ± 900 298 GUVs
Electrodeformation (this study) PBd120-b-PEO78 157,000 ± 54,500 298 GUVs

Ld and Lo refer to liquid-disordered and liquid-ordered phases, respectively. GUVs, LUVs, and SUVs refer to giant unilamellar vesicles, large unilamellar vesicles, and small unilamellar vesicles, respectively.

a

For DMPC, SOPC, and DOPC, the bilayer thicknesses are 3.67 nm, 4.00 nm (84), and 3.67 nm (69), respectively. Denotes membrane viscosity obtained from the bulk viscosity, η, using the relation ηm = ηh, where h is the bilayer thickness.