3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Effects of Rim Fluctuations in Classical Nucleation Theory of Virus Capsids
Alexander Bryan Clark, Paul van der Schoot, Henri Orland +1
Most spherical viruses exhibit icosahedral symmetry, yet the growth of viral shells remains poorly understood due to the short lifetimes and broad size distribution of assembly int…
cond-mat.soft2025
Chirality Amplification and Chiral Segregation in Liquid Crystals
Matthew J. Deutsch, Robin L. B. Selinger, Paul van der Schoot
Liquid crystal mesophases of achiral molecules are normally achiral, yet in a few materials they spontaneously segregate and form right- and left-handed chiral domains. One mechani…
physics.bio-ph2025
Impact of the RNA Binding Domain Localization of the Protein Shell on Virus Particle Stability
Mohammadamin Safdari, Siyu Li, Sanaz Panahandeh +2
The encapsulation of polyanions, whether single-stranded RNAs or synthetic polymers, is primarily driven by attractive electrostatic interactions between the positively charged, st…