Table 1:

Computational model parameters and variables

parameter / variable	symbol
shell radius	R
surface density of encapsulated scaffolds	σs
shell spontaneous curvature radius	R0
total length of scaffold	Ls
length of scaffold shell binding domain	Lsc
length of scaffold cargo binding domain	Lsh
length of scaffold middle domain	Lsm
number of segments in scaffold	Ns
scaffold statistical segment length	lk
excluded volume of a scaffold segment	ν
subunit area	a
shell bending modulus	κ
number of subunits in a shell	nshell
number of encapsulated scaffolds in a shell	nscaf
subunit-subunit interaction	εhh
scaffold-subunit interaction	εsh
scaffold-cargo interaction	εsc