Role of reversibility in viral capsid growth: A paradigm for self-assembly

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dc.creatorRapaport, D. C.
dc.date2008-03-02
dc.date2008-10-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:13:09Z
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dc.descriptionSelf-assembly at submicroscopic scales is an important but little understood phenomenon. A prominent example is virus capsid growth, whose underlying behavior can be modeled using simple particles that assemble into polyhedral shells. Molecular dynamics simulation of shell formation in the presence of an atomistic solvent provides new insight into the self-assembly mechanism, notably that growth proceeds via a cascade of strongly reversible steps and, despite the large variety of possible intermediates, only a small fraction of highly bonded forms appear on the pathway.
dc.description4 pages, 4 figures (slightly shorter version, new Fig.2); further minor changes
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0803.0115
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0803.0115
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) 186101
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.186101
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/172429
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleRole of reversibility in viral capsid growth: A paradigm for self-assembly
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