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Soft heaps and clumpy crystals

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  • Francesco Sciortino

    (Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome I-00185, Italy.)

  • Emanuela Zaccarelli

    (Emanuela Zaccarelli is at CNR-ISC, Institute of Complex Systems, Rome I-00185, Italy.)

Abstract

A detailed simulation of the packing behaviour of deformable particles settles the debate about whether soft matter can adopt an unconventional crystal structure at high densities — it can. The hunt is now on for a real-world example.

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  • Francesco Sciortino & Emanuela Zaccarelli, 2013. "Soft heaps and clumpy crystals," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7430), pages 30-31, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7430:d:10.1038_493030a
    DOI: 10.1038/493030a
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    1. Emmanuel Stiakakis & Niklas Jung & Nataša Adžić & Taras Balandin & Emmanuel Kentzinger & Ulrich Rücker & Ralf Biehl & Jan K. G. Dhont & Ulrich Jonas & Christos N. Likos, 2021. "Self assembling cluster crystals from DNA based dendritic nanostructures," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-10, December.

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