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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: Soft Matter. 2019 Jun 26;15(25):5128–5137. doi: 10.1039/c9sm00751b

Figure 7.

Figure 7.

Equilibrium rotation angles and clathrin coated area for spherical and ellipsoidal nanoparticles. (a) The nanoparticles show three entry patterns: tip-first mode (<15 degrees), tilted entry mode (15 – 45 degrees) and laying-down mode (>45 degrees) depending on the degrees of rotation. The error bars represent the minimal and maximal degrees of rotation observed in 5 independent simulations. (b) The clathrin area plot shows the influence of the shape of nanoparticle on the internalization capability. The error bars are based on the standard deviation from 5 independent simulations. The nanoparticle is able to be completely wrapped (CW) within 0.42 ≤ AR ≤ 1.47 while only partially wrapped (PW) for AR < 0.42 or AR > 1.47. The equilibrium membrane profiles for nanoparticle with AR = 0.25 and 2.62 are shown respectively.