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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Phys Lipids. 2019 Jan 29;219:45–49. doi: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2019.01.010

Figure 3. Schematic overview of polymer nanodiscs.

Figure 3.

Nanodiscs are formed spontaneously after the addition of the polymer. The size of nanodiscs can be controlled by changing the lipid: polymer ratio. The small nanodiscs were found to be isotropic and therefore can be used in solution NMR experiments, whereas the large nanodiscs called as macro-nanodiscs align in the magnetic field enabling structural studies on membrane proteins using solid state NMR spectroscopy.