Pulling Tethers from Pore‐Spanning Bilayers: Towards Simultaneous Determination of Local Bending Modulus and Lateral Tension of Membranes

Nanotubes from pore-spanning membranes: a site-specific experimental procedure is introduced that allows determination of the lateral tension and bending modulus of pore-spanning bilayers in a single force cycle comprising indentation followed by nanotube formation upon retraction. With this technique, a quantitative mapping of intrinsic local elastic properties comes into reach. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.