A computer perspective of membranes: molecular dynamics studies of lipid bilayer systems

DP Tieleman, SJ Marrink, HJC Berendsen - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 1997 - Elsevier
Knowledge of the structure and dynamics of membranes has traditionally been fragmentary
at the atomic level. This is due partly to the fluid character of membranes under physiological …

Characterization of lipid nanoparticles by differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray and neutron scattering

H Bunjes, T Unruh - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
Differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction play a prominent role in the
characterization of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) dispersions. This review shortly outlines the …

GROMACS: fast, flexible, and free

D Van Der Spoel, E Lindahl, B Hess… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This article describes the software suite GROMACS (Groningen MAchine for Chemical
Simulation) that was developed at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, in the early …

GROMACS 3.0: a package for molecular simulation and trajectory analysis

E Lindahl, B Hess, D Van Der Spoel - Molecular modeling annual, 2001 - Springer
GROMACS 3.0 is the latest release of a versatile and very well optimized package for
molecular simulation. Much effort has been devoted to achieving extremely high …

Derivation and systematic validation of a refined all-atom force field for phosphatidylcholine lipids

JPM Jämbeck, AP Lyubartsev - The journal of physical chemistry …, 2012 - ACS Publications
An all-atomistic force field (FF) has been developed for fully saturated phospholipids. The
parametrization has been largely based on high-level ab initio calculations in order to keep …

Flexible simple point-charge water model with improved liquid-state properties

Y Wu, HL Tepper, GA Voth - The Journal of chemical physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
In order to introduce flexibility into the simple point-charge (SPC) water model, the impact of
the intramolecular degrees of freedom on liquid properties was systematically studied in this …

An extension and further validation of an all-atomistic force field for biological membranes

JPM Jambeck, AP Lyubartsev - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Biological membranes are versatile in composition and host intriguing molecular processes.
In order to be able to study these systems, an accurate model Hamiltonian or force field (FF) …

A systematic study of water models for molecular simulation: derivation of water models optimized for use with a reaction field

D Van der Spoel, PJ Van Maaren… - The Journal of chemical …, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
We have performed long molecular dynamics simulations of water using four popular water
models, namely simple point charge (SPC), extended simple point charge (SPC/E), and the …

Another piece of the membrane puzzle: extending slipids further

JPM Jambeck, AP Lyubartsev - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2013 - ACS Publications
To be able to model complex biological membranes in a more realistic manner, the force
field Slipids (Stockholm lipids) has been extended to include parameters for sphingomyelin …

Under the influence of alcohol: the effect of ethanol and methanol on lipid bilayers

M Patra, E Salonen, E Terama, I Vattulainen, R Faller… - Biophysical journal, 2006 - cell.com
Extensive microscopic molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to study the
effects of short-chain alcohols, methanol and ethanol, on two different fully hydrated lipid …