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Faceting ionic shells into icosahedra via electrostatics

Shells of various viruses and other closed packed structures with spherical topology exhibit icosahedral symmetry because the surface of a sphere cannot be tiled without defects, and icosahedral symmetry yields the most symmetric configuration with the minimum number of defects. Icosahedral symmetry...

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Main Authors: Vernizzi, Graziano, Olvera de la Cruz, Monica
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2141786/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18003933
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0703431104
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