Equilibrium insertion of nanoscale objects into phospholipid bilayers

S. Pogodin and V.A. Baulin
Current Nanoscience, 7 (5), 721-726 (2011)
Certain membrane proteins, peptides, nanoparticles and nanotubes have rigid structure and fixed shape. They are often viewed as spheres and cylinders with certain surface properties. Single Chain Mean Field theory is used to model the equilibrium insertion of nanoscale spheres and rods into the phospholipid bilayer. […]