2 papers
cond-mat.soft2019
Fine Structure of Viral dsDNA Encapsidation
Shawn Walker, Javier Arsuaga, M. Carme Calderer +2
In vivo configurations of dsDNA of bacteriophage viruses in a capsid are known to form hexagonal chromonic liquid crystal phases. This article studies the liquid crystal ordering o…
cond-mat.soft2017
A Liquid Crystal Model of Viral DNA Encapsidation
Javier Arsuaga, Maria-Carme Calderer, Lindsey Hiltner +1
A liquid crystal continuum modeling framework for icosahedra bacteriophage viruses is developed and tested. The main assumptions of the model are the chromonic columnar hexagonal s…