Computational self-assembly of a one-component icosahedral quasicrystal

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 109-116

  Engel, Michael ^a   Damasceno, Pablo F ^a   Phillips, Carolyn L ^b   Glotzer, Sharon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRATES; INTERMETALLICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUASICRYSTALS;

AXIALLY SYMMETRIC; DIFFRACTION DATA; ICOSAHEDRAL QUASICRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO-SCALE SYSTEM; ONE-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; PARAMETER SPACES; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84926610436     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4152     Document Type: Article

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