Impact of ionic liquids in aqueous solution on bacterial plasma membranes studied with molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 10444-10459

  Lim, Geraldine S ^a   Zidar, Jernej ^a   Cheong, Daniel W ^a   Jaenicke, Stephan ^b   Klahn, Marco ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; IONS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POSITIVE IONS;

ALKYL CHAIN LENGTHS; ATOMISTIC MODELING; BACTERIAL MEMBRANES; BACTERIAL PLASMA MEMBRANE; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE; IMIDAZOLIUM-BASED IONIC LIQUID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

1-OCTYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM; 1-TETRADECYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM; ANION; CATION; CHLORIDE; DEUTERIUM; FATTY ACID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IONIC LIQUID; LACTIC ACID; LIPID BILAYER; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOLVENT; WATER;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ANIONS; CATIONS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLORIDES; DEUTERIUM; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; IMIDAZOLES; IONIC LIQUIDS; LACTIC ACID; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 84908144656     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5060952     Document Type: Article

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