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From: The molecular basis of electroporation

Figure 2

Snapshots of pore formation in the water/octane system (left): A) 0 ps, B) 327 ps, C) 341 ps, D) 344 ps, E) 350 ps, F) 368 ps. The octane molecules are shown in cyan as bonds, the water molecules in blue and white as spacefilling. The potential is positive on the left side of each octane/water snapshot. Snapshots of pore formation in the DOPC bilayer, with an applied field of 0.5 V/nm in the presence of 1 M NaCl (right): A) 5330 ps, B) 5450 ps, C) 5500 ps, D) 5700 ps. The lipid headgroups are shown in yellow, the chains in cyan, chloride ions spacefilling in green, sodium ions in cyan; water is shown as dark blue and white spacefilling in the interface region and the pore, as dark blue bonds elsewhere. The potential is positive at the top of each snapshot relative to the bottom.

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