TABLE I.
Dimensional variables M ≡ mass, L ≡ length, and t ≡ time.
| Name | Unit | Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| Angular frequency | t−1 | ω |
| Avogadro constant | mol−1 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | rp ≡ r − rb |
| 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 | |
| Shear rate at specific time t′ [Eq. (21)] | t−1 | (t′) |
| Shear rate tensor [Eq. (29)] | t−1 | |
| Shear rate [Eq. (29)] | t−1 | |
| 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 | s ≡ t − t′ |
| Total mass | M | M |
| Translational diffusivity | L2/t | Dtr |
| Virus radius (see Figs. 4 and 8) | L | r ≡ rp + rb |
| Viscosity, zero-shear | M/Lt | η0 |
| Zero-shear first normal stress difference | M/L | Ψ0,1 |