Figure 11.

Orientational order parameter, q ((left) y-axis, blue color), and crystallinity, ${\tau }_c$ ((right) y-axis, red color), as a function of packing density, $\phi$, for 100-chains N_av = 12 systems of semi-flexible chains with bending constant $k_{\theta }=9$ and equilibrium bending angle ${\theta }_0=0°$ (left) and ${\theta }_0=90°$ (right). Dashed lines connecting points are used as visual support. Vertical dashed lines correspond to the freezing (${\phi }_{monomers}^F\approx 0.494$ ) and melting (${\phi }_{monomers}^M=0.545$ ) transition for monomeric hard spheres [29].