Data underlying Chapter 4 “A colloidal viewpoint on the sausage catastrophe and the finite sphere packing problem”, in the PhD thesis: Particle-membrane interactions in biomimetic vesicles: from engulfment to flexible confinement

This dataset belongs to Chapter 4 of the PhD thesis of Stijn van der Ham (2026). Authors: Stijn van der Ham, Hanumantha Rao Vutukuri Active Soft Matter and Bio-inspired Materials Lab, Faculty of Science and Technology, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands Corresponding Author: Hanumantha Rao Vutukuri (email: h.r.vutukuri@utwente.nl) ***General Introduction*** The dataset contains the experimental snapshots and figure files underlying the experimental data in the figures in Chapter 4 of the PhD thesis of Stijn van der Ham. This chapter has been published as: A colloidal viewpoint on the sausage catastrophe and the finite sphere packing problem (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43722-0) Additional datasets and analysis codes corresponding to the simulations can be found with the corresponding publication, as linked above. ***Methodology*** All data processing and analysis steps are described in detail in the Methods section of the corresponding publication, as well as in the thesis. ***Organization of the dataset*** The data is organized per figure, numbered according to the thesis, with supporting figures preceded by the capital letter 'S'. Only those figures containing experimental data are listed. Within each figure folder, data is ordered as: - Figure files: final figure files, provided in several formats (.pdf file and powerpoint file) - Raw data folder: raw data underlying the figure (microscopy images in the form of .tiff images) - Analysis folder: experimental data and analysis underlying figure plots (excel file)