Various properties of the simulated peptidoglycan patches under different applied strains.

All thicknesses and radii are presented in units of nm. The most recent experiments have assigned a thickness of 2–4 nm at most [11], [34]. Pore sizes measured experimentally range from 2–3 nm in radius [5], [35] and even up to 5 nm in AFM experiments [34]. The experimental unit surface area is estimated to be [37].