Soft heaps and clumpy crystals

Francesco Sciortino () and Emanuela Zaccarelli ()
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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.

Nature, 2013, vol. 493, issue 7430, 30-31

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.

Date: 2013
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