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ii CONTENTS<br />

5.3 Double-tail <strong>lipid</strong> <strong>bilayers</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />

5.3.1 Computational details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />

5.3.2 Results <strong>and</strong> Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />

5.4 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />

6 Interaction <strong>of</strong> small molecules <strong>with</strong> <strong>bilayers</strong> 79<br />

6.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />

6.2 Computational details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />

6.3 Results <strong>and</strong> Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />

6.3.1 Partitioning <strong>of</strong> the solutes in the bilayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />

6.3.2 Effect on the bilayer properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />

6.3.3 Effect on the pressure distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />

7 <strong>Mesoscopic</strong> model for <strong>lipid</strong> <strong>bilayers</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>embedded</strong> proteins 95<br />

7.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96<br />

7.2 Computational details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98<br />

7.2.1 Lipid <strong>and</strong> protein <strong>models</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98<br />

7.2.2 Method <strong>of</strong> calculation <strong>of</strong> statistical quantities . . . . . . . . . . . 101<br />

7.3 Results <strong>and</strong> discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104<br />

7.3.1 Protein-induced bilayer perturbation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br />

7.3.2 Lipid-induced protein tilting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />

7.3.3 Thermotropic behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111<br />

7.4 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117<br />

Summary 125<br />

Samenvatting 129<br />

Curriculum Vitae 135<br />

Publications 137<br />

Acknowledgments 139

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