We report a numerical simulation of the phase diagram of a simple model for membrane proteins constrained to move in a plane. In analogy with the corresponding three-dimensional models, the liquid–gas transition becomes metastable as the range of attraction decreases. Spontaneous crystallization happens much more readily in the two-dimensional models rather than in their three-dimensional counterparts.
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