Steered Molecular Dynamics of Lipid Membrane Indentation by Carbon and Silicon-Carbide Nanotubes—The Impact of Indenting Angle Uncertainty
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Simulations’ Details
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Indentation Process
3.2. Withdrawal Process
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Angle | CNT or SiCNT | Along Tube Axis | Along z-Axis |
---|---|---|---|
low rate | |||
4.5° | CNT | 2.9 (1.9) | 3.8 (1.5) |
9° | CNT | 3.1 (1.5) | 3.9 (1.4) |
15° | CNT | 3.9 (2.2) | 4.1 (2.4) |
15° | SiCNT | 7.5 (2.4) | 10.0 (3.2) |
high rate | |||
4.5° | CNT | 2.4 (1.6) | 2.8 (2.2) |
9° | CNT | 2.6 (1.8) | 3.1 (1.4) |
15° | CNT | 2.7 (2.4) | 4.4 (2.2) |
15° | SiCNT | 4.9 (2.4) | 8.0 (2.6) |
CNT or SiCNT | Along Tube Axis | Along z-Axis |
---|---|---|
low rate | ||
CNT | 1.9 (1.2) | 1.2 (1.0) |
SiCNT | 4.8 (2.0) | 4.3 (1.2) |
high rate | ||
CNT | 1.0 (0.7) | 0.4 (0.5) |
SiCNT | 1.4 (1.1) | 1.9 (0.9) |
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Raczyński, P.; Górny, K.; Bełdowski, P.; Yuvan, S.; Marciniak, B.; Dendzik, Z. Steered Molecular Dynamics of Lipid Membrane Indentation by Carbon and Silicon-Carbide Nanotubes—The Impact of Indenting Angle Uncertainty. Sensors 2021, 21, 7011. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217011
Raczyński P, Górny K, Bełdowski P, Yuvan S, Marciniak B, Dendzik Z. Steered Molecular Dynamics of Lipid Membrane Indentation by Carbon and Silicon-Carbide Nanotubes—The Impact of Indenting Angle Uncertainty. Sensors. 2021; 21(21):7011. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217011
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaczyński, Przemysław, Krzysztof Górny, Piotr Bełdowski, Steven Yuvan, Beata Marciniak, and Zbigniew Dendzik. 2021. "Steered Molecular Dynamics of Lipid Membrane Indentation by Carbon and Silicon-Carbide Nanotubes—The Impact of Indenting Angle Uncertainty" Sensors 21, no. 21: 7011. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217011