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BP: Fachverband Biologische Physik
BP 24: Posters: Membranes and vesicles
BP 24.11: Poster
Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 14:00–16:00, Poster A
Comparison of the hydration repulsion between lipid bilayers in MD simulations and experiments. — •Bartosz Kowalik1, Emanuel Schneck2, Matej Kanduč1, and Roland R. Netz1 — 1Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany — 2Biomaterials Department, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Experiments performed in the last decades gave insight into the nature of the hydration repulsion between lipid membranes. With our Molecular Dynamics Simulations, we want to link the results of the experiments with a theoretical foundation. In particular we investigate the entropic and enthalpic contribution of the interaction between hydrated membranes. We also analyse the structural parameters of the membranes at different hydration levels and discuss our results for both the fluid as well as the gel phase by comparing them to the experimental data.