Figure 13

Computer simulation of a self-assembled lipidic complex. This water-free Monte Carlo simulation represents a hexagonal complex of zwitterionic lipids (headgroups in red and hydrocarbon chains in grey), divalent cations (yellow spheres) and DNA rods (blue). The DNA rods are maintained fixed on a hexagonal lattice over the simulation. Lipids and cations are randomly distributed at the initial stage (inset). Reproduced from reference [165] with permission. Copyright 2007 by the American Chemical Society.