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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Struct Biol. 2014 Mar 12;186(3):412–419. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.03.004

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Comparison among AFM, DLS, and coarse-grained molecular dynamic (CGMD) simulation results on aggregate morphologies of H(AB)12 and H(AB)2 recombinant spider silk block copolymers in aqueous solution. Experimental panel (AFM and DLS) depicts that H(AB)12 formed larger micelles with an average diameter of 32 nm ± 5 nm and H(AB)2 self-assembled into smaller micelles with an average diameter of 2 nm ± 0.5 nm. For both types of spider silk block copolymers, micelles were observed at concentration of 0.25 mg/ml in aqueous media. The simulation results (simulation panel) depicts formation of the small spherical aggregates in the case of H(AB)2 and large spherical aggregates in the case of H(AB)12.