Structural and mechanical properties of membranes such as thickness, tail order, bending
modulus and curvature energetics play crucial role in controlling various cellular functions …

Accumulating evidence indicates that membrane reshaping and fusion processes, as well
as regulation of membrane protein function, depend on lipid composition. Although it is …

Membrane reshaping is an essential biological process. The chemical composition of lipid
membranes determines their mechanical properties and thus the energetics of their shape …

Glycolipids such as GM1 have bulky head groups consisting of several monosaccharides.
When these lipids are added to phospholipid bilayers, they generate large membrane …

Lipid bilayers can exhibit asymmetric states, in which the physical characteristics of one
leaflet differ from those of the other. This most visibly manifests in a different lipid …

Recent advances in membrane biophysics have driven deeper investigations into lipid
bilayer asymmetry and its biological implications. Molecular dynamics simulations of …

Lipids that have two tails of different lengths are found throughout biomembranes in nature,
yet the effects of this asymmetry on the membrane properties are not well understood …

The bending modulus of a lipid bilayer quantifies its mechanical resistance to curvature. It is
typically understood in terms of thickness; eg, thicker bilayers are usually stiffer. Here, we …

The elastic and viscous properties of biological membranes play a vital role in controlling
cell functions that require local reorganization of the membrane components as well as …

Biological membranes are constituted of a multitude of different lipid types and membrane-
associated proteins, each of which affect the local mechanical properties of the membrane in …