COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE Soft heaps and clumpy crystals

被引:20
作者
Sciortino, Francesco [1 ]
Zaccarelli, Emanuela [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dept Phys, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[2] CNR ISC, Inst Complex Syst, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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DNA;
D O I
10.1038/493030a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
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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页码:30 / 31
页数:2
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