Complexity in Surfaces of Densest Packings for Families of Polyhedra
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Elizabeth R. Chen, Daphne Klotsa, Michael Engel, Pablo F. Damasceno, and Sharon C. Glotzer School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA (Received 10 September 2013; revised manuscript received 20 December 2013; published 25 February 2014)
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