Cholesteric handedness and pitch in virus suspensions are quantitatively explained by electrostatic surface-charge chirality for stiff Y21M and by fluctuation-induced suprahelical backbone deformations for flexible M13.
Kotov, Luis M
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Elucidating chirality transfer in liquid crystals of viruses
Cholesteric handedness and pitch in virus suspensions are quantitatively explained by electrostatic surface-charge chirality for stiff Y21M and by fluctuation-induced suprahelical backbone deformations for flexible M13.