Nanoscale, electric field-driven water bridges in vacuum gaps and lipid bilayers

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 246, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 793-801

  Ho, Ming Chak ^a   Levine, Zachary A ^a   Vernier, P Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Electropermeabilization; Electroporation; Electropore; Lipid electropore annihilation; Molecular dynamics; Water bridge

Indexed keywords

BRIDGED COMPOUND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PALMITOYLOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE BILAYER; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; WATER BRIDGE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; VACUUM; WATER SUPPLY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROPORATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; VACUUM; WATER;

EID: 84888000544     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: 14321424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-013-9549-4     Document Type: Article

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