The bending elasticity modulus depends on the temperature below and near the phase transition temperature, but far above the phase transition temperature (this is the case in our experiment) the bending elasticity modulus is practically constant. See: Temperature and Chain Length Effects on Bending Elasticity of Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers. Fernandez-Puente, I. Bivas, M. D. Mitov and P. Meleard, Europhys. Lett., 28, 181 (1994). We have added this text to the Discussion (Lines 234–237) and also added the reference to the reference list (ref.
Would kc be temperature dependent? If yes, what would be the valid range?