Figure 7.

Snapshots of the semi-flexible N = 12 system (θ₀ = 90°) at ϕ = 0.58. (Left panel): Initial configuration as produced by the generator module of Simu-D. (Right panel): Final configuration of the simulation after the execution of 3 × 10¹¹ MC steps of the simulator module. Monomers are colored according to the lowest value of the CCE norm (descriptor module). Blue, red, and green colors denote HCP, FCC, and FIV similarity, respectively. Amorphous (AMO) ones are colored yellow with reduced dimensions for clarity. Spherical monomers are shown with coordinates of their centers subjected to periodic boundary conditions. Image created with the VMD visualization software [54]. Figure panels are also available as interactive, 3-D images in Supplementary Materials.