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. 2020 Nov 1;32(11):113101. doi: 10.1063/5.0031875

TABLE I.

Dimensional variables M ≡ mass, L ≡ length, and t ≡ time.

Name Unit Symbol
Angular frequency t−1 ω
Avogadro constant mol−1 Ñ
Bead diameter L d
Bead friction coefficient [Eq. (15)] M/t ζ
Capsid radius (see Figs. 4 and 8) L rc
Cartesian coordinates L x, y, z
Cartesian coordinates with respect to the center of mass L δ^1,δ^2,δ^3
Characteristic time for each virus particle suspension s λs
Characteristic time, zero-shear t λc
Complex viscosity [Eq. (36)] M/Lt η*
Density M/L3 ρ
Edge vector pointing from adenovirus vertex i to vertex j L Eij
Element for Kronecker delta [Eq. (10)] t−1 δ(s)
Energy values in molecular-scale systems ML2/t2 kT
Intrinsic minus imaginary part of non-linear complex viscosity L3/M [η″]
Intrinsic real part of non-linear complex viscosity L3/M [η′]
Intrinsic zero-shear viscosity L3/M [η]0
Macromolecular center of mass [Eq. (5)] L R
Mass concentration M/L3 c
Mass of each bead M mi
Minus imaginary part of non-linear complex viscosity [Eq. (35)] M/Lt η
Moments of inertia [Eqs. (7)–(9)] ML2 I1, I2, I3
Number of dumbbells per unit volume 1/L3 n
Peplomer bulb center radial position (see Fig. 8) L rprvrb
Peplomer bulb radius (see Fig. 8) L rb
Polymer contribution to the stress tensor [Eqs. (21) and (33)] M/Lt2 τp
Position vector of the ith bead and jth element with respect to the center of mass [Eq. (6)] L Rij
Position vector of the ith bead with respect to the center of mass [Eq. (6)] L Ri
Position vector of the ith bead [Eq. (5)] L ri
Position vector of adenovirus vertex i with respect to the center of mass L Vi
Real part of non-linear complex viscosity [Eq. (34)] M/Lt η
Reduced angular frequency M/L3 ωR
Relaxation time of rigid dumbbell [Eq. (16)] t λ0
Relaxation time of solution Eq. (14) t λ
Rotational diffusivity s−1 Dr
Rotatory diffusivity L2/t Drot
Shear rate amplitude [Eq. (29)] t−1 γ˙0
Shear rate at specific time t [Eq. (21)] t−1 γ˙(t′)
Shear rate tensor [Eq. (29)] t−1 γ˙t
Shear rate [Eq. (29)] t−1 γ˙t
Shear relaxation function [Eq. (10)] M/Lt2 G(s)
Solvent viscosity M/Lt ηs
Specific time [Eq. (21)] t t
Temperature T T
Time t t
Time difference t stt
Total mass M M
Translational diffusivity L2/t Dtr
Virus radius (see Figs. 4 and 8) L rvrp + rb
Viscosity, zero-shear M/Lt η0
Zero-shear first normal stress difference M/L Ψ0,1