Dataset for "Active buckling of pressurized spherical shells : Monte Carlo simulation"

We study the buckling of pressurized spherical shells by <br> Monte Carlo simulations in which the<br> detailed balance is explicitly broken -- thereby driving the shell<br> active, out of thermal equilibrium.<br> Such a shell typically has either higher (active) or<br> lower (quiescent) fluctuations<br> compared to one in thermal equilibrium depending on how the detailed balance<br> is broken.<br> We show that, for the same set of elastic parameters, a shell<br> that is not buckled in thermal equilibrium can be buckled if turned<br> active. Similarly a shell that is buckled in thermal equilibrium<br> can unbuckle if turned quiescent.<br> Based on this result, we suggest that it is possible to experimentally design<br> microscopic elastic shells whose buckling can be optically controlled.