Communication: A packing of truncated tetrahedra that nearly fills all of space and its melting properties

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 135, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Jiao, Yang ^a   Torquato, Salvatore ^a,b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL SYMMETRY; CONDENSED MATTER; HIGH PACKING FRACTION; MELTING PROPERTIES; OPTIMAL PACKING; OPTIMALITY;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; MELTING;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 80155157806     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3653938     Document Type: Article

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