Figure 1.

(A) Schematic representation of the 9 different kind of beads used for the dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) calculations. Lysine (K), serine (S), modified cysteine (C), modified glycerol (G) and five C₃H₆ fatty acid units (F) for the Pam₁CSK₄ and the Pam₃CSK4 molecules; water (W), where one bead represents 3 molecules of water; linear chains of lactic acid monomers (LA)_n for the PLA chains; chromanol (CHR) for the double cycle; and 3 beads (C5) each composed of 5 carbon atoms for the fatty acid chain. (B) Representations of the Pam₁CSK₄, Pam₃CSK4, water, PLA and vitamin E molecules. The groups of atoms corresponding to the different beads are evidenced using colored backgrounds.