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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem B. 2019 May 16;123(21):4562–4570. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b03681

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

CG MD simulation showing the spontaneous formation of DLPC nanodiscs on a time scale of 10 μs. Time-lapsed MD snapshots showing the self-assembling of (a) PMAQA–DLPC and (b) SMAEA–DLPC nanodiscs at the 1:4 polymer–lipid ratio. Enlarged MD snapshots show the formation of discoidal DLPC nanodiscs of size ≈ 7 nm encased by PMAQA (c) or SMAEA (d); top–down (left) and side (right) views. The double-headed arrow indicates the average diameter of the nanodisc. The polymers are shown in violet and the CG atoms of DLPC in other colors (c,d). Water molecules and ions are not shown for transparency.