An investigation into the critical tension of electroporation in anionic lipid vesicles

Recent developments in the kinetics of ruptures of giant vesicles under constant tension

“… 25 In the electroporation technique, the critical tension ( σ crit e ) of rupture was defined as the minimum tension required for the macroscopic pore formation without any further free energy barrier. 117 In this case, the critical tension was obtained when the probability of rupture by a time of 60 s, P rup (60 s), was equal to 1.0. The calculation of P rup (60 s) for various electric tensions was described in Section 3.1.…”