Estimation of Parameters of the Large-Grained Model of Lipids With Quantum-Chemical Methods

Authors

  • Anastasia Vladimirovna Ivanova South Ural State University
  • Valeriy Petrovich Beskachko South Ural State University

Keywords:

lipids, lipid membranes, quantum chemistry, molecular dynamics

Abstract

A large-grained model of a lipid bilayer is analyzed in the article. The parameters of the intramolecular potentials of coarse-grained dipalmitoilphosphatidilcholine (DpPC) molecule are determined by adjusting to its mechanical properties evaluated by quantum-chemical calculations from first principles. Physicochemical properties of the bilayer obtained by the offered model are in good agreement with the experimental results.

Author Biographies

Anastasia Vladimirovna Ivanova, South Ural State University

postgraduate student, General and Theoretical Physics Department

Valeriy Petrovich Beskachko, South Ural State University

Dr. Sc.(Physics and Mathematics), Professor, Head of the General and Theoretical Physics

Published

2012-04-11

Issue

Section

Physics