Figure 2.

Comparison of DPD simulations for Pam₃CSK₄ and Pam₁CSK₄ in 280 Å simulation boxes: (A–C) Pam₃CSK₄ DPD simulation and (E–G) Pam₁CSK₄ DPD simulation. The relative number of Pam molecules vs. the number of water molecules is indicated as follows: (A,E) 3%, (B,F) 10%, (C,G) 30%. PLA and Pam molecules were randomly mixed in the full simulation box. The total DPD simulation time was 10 ns in every case. The results are displayed for each simulation experiment. (D,H) Cryo-TEM images of the self-assembled structures, courtesy of Ian W. Hamley [48].