Apparent icosahedral symmetry is due to directed multiple twinning of cubic crystals

1985 Nature 214 citations

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Icosahedral symmetryCrystallographyIntermetallicMetastabilityCrystal twinningUnit cubeCrystal (programming language)QuasicrystalMaterials scienceSymmetry (geometry)Electron diffractionFacetingCube (algebra)AlloyCondensed matter physicsDiffractionChemistryPhysicsGeometryMicrostructureMathematicsMetallurgy

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Year
1985
Type
article
Volume
317
Issue
6037
Pages
512-514
Citations
214
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Linus Pauling (1985). Apparent icosahedral symmetry is due to directed multiple twinning of cubic crystals. Nature , 317 (6037) , 512-514. https://doi.org/10.1038/317512a0

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