Dense Packing and Symmetry in Small Clusters of Microspheres

by: Vinothan N Manoharan, Mark T Elsesser, David J Pine

Science, Vol. 301, No. 5632. (25 July 2003), pp. 483-487.

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Abstract

When small numbers of colloidal microspheres are attached to the surfaces of liquid emulsion droplets, removing fluid from the droplets leads to packings of spheres that minimize the second moment of the mass distribution. The structures of the packings range from sphere doublets, triangles, and tetrahedra to exotic polyhedra not found in infinite lattice packings, molecules, or minimum-potential energy clusters. The emulsion system presents a route to produce newcolloidal structures and a means to study howdifferent physical constraints affect symmetry in small parcels of matter. 10.1126/science.1086189

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TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1205550 TI - Dense Packing and Symmetry in Small Clusters of Microspheres JF - Science VL - 301 IS - 5632 SP - 483 EP - 487 N2 - When small numbers of colloidal microspheres are attached to the surfaces of liquid emulsion droplets, removing fluid from the droplets leads to packings of spheres that minimize the second moment of the mass distribution. The structures of the packings range from sphere doublets, triangles, and tetrahedra to exotic polyhedra not found in infinite lattice packings, molecules, or minimum-potential energy clusters. The emulsion system presents a route to produce newcolloidal structures and a means to study howdifferent physical constraints affect symmetry in small parcels of matter. 10.1126/science.1086189 KW - cluster KW - colloids KW - pine AU - Manoharan, Vinothan AU - Elsesser, Mark AU - Pine, David PY - 2003/07/25/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1086189 ER -

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