Hierarchical structure of defects in non-crystalline sphere packings
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- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Journal de Physique Lettres
- Vol. 45 (17) , 827-832
- https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyslet:019840045017082700
Abstract
We describe the defect structure of a tetrahedral close packed model. Defects appear as a hierarchy of interlaced disclination networks which form the locus of sites where the local order deviates from a perfect icosahedral environment. This defect structure is generated by an iterative process which gradually decreases the curvature of an ideal polytope modelKeywords
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