Space-Filling Polyhedron: Its Relation to Aggregates of Soap Bubbles, Plant Cells, and Metal Crystallites
Space-Filling Polyhedron: Its Relation to Aggregates of Soap Bubbles, Plant Cells, and Metal Crystallites
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DOI：
10.1126/science.161.3838.276
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发表时间：
1968-07
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56.9
通讯作者：
Robert Williams
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作者：
Robert Williams
一个十四面的空间填充多面体，它非常接近的实际分布的四，五，六边多边形中发现的肥皂泡和生物细胞包装提出作为替代开尔文tetrakaidecahedron作为这些包装的理想多面体。这种多面体也可能与微晶形态和晶体结构相关。
A fourteen-faced space-filling polyhedron which closely approximates the actual distribution of four-, five- and six-sided polygons found in packings of soap bubbles and biological cells is proposed as an alternative to the Kelvin tetrakaidecahedron as the ideal polyhedron for these packings. This polyhedron may also have relevance to crystallite morphologies and crystal structures.