Finite Temperature Phase Behavior of Viral Capsids as Oriented Particle Shells

Abstract

A general phase-plot is proposed for discrete particle shells that allows for thermal fluctuations of the shell geometry and of the inter-particle connectivities. The phase plot contains a first-order melting transition, a buckling transition and a collapse transition and is used to interpret the thermodynamics of microbiological shells.

arXiv comment11 pages including supplementary material, 5 figures

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