Table 1.

Nomenclature for the parameters and variables.

symbol	physical meaning	values (dimension)	reference
a	fibrinogen radius	8 nm	[42,43]
${\mathrm{r}}_0^S$	reference stretch length	22.5 nm	[11]
ath	threshold of aggregation length	2${\mathrm{r}}_0^S$	—
${\mathrm{r}}_0^A$	reference aggregation length	2a	—
${\mathrm{r}}_0^R$	reference repulsive length	2a	—
θ0	reference bending angle	π	[10]
ϕ0	reference torsion angle	0	—
kb	Boltzmann constant	1.38 × 10−23 J K−1	—
T	temperature	300 K	—
kA	aggregation energy constant	0.2–20 × 10−3 N m−1	[36,37]
kB	bending energy constant	0.1–10 × 10−18 J rad−2	[25,33]
kR	repulsive energy constant	1.0 × 10−3 N m−1	—
kS	stretch energy constant	0.01 N m−1	[10,32,33]
kT	torsion energy constant	1.0 × 10−23 J rad−2	[33,34]