Homo-polymers with balanced hydrophobicity translocate through lipid bilayers and enhance local solvent permeability

Marco Werner, Jens-Uwe Sommer and Vladimir A. Baulin
Soft Matter, 8, 11708-11716 (2012)
Recent experimental studies indicate that polymeric structures with a well-adjusted balance of amphiphilic parts may translocate through self-assembled phospholipid bilayers and enhance the passive trans-membrane transport of smaller molecules. Using a coarse grained lattice Monte Carlo model with explicit solvent we investigate self-assembled lipid […]