Simple tilings by polyhedra with five- and six-sided faces

Olaf Delgado-Friedrichs, Michael O'Keeffe*

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    Abstract

    Thirteen tilings of space by simple polyhedra with five- and six-sided faces (fullerenes) are reported in which there are up to 11 kinds of vertex (vertex 11-transitive). All tilings contain dodecahedra and one or more of nine other kinds of tile. The duals are tilings by tetrahedra and include the four simplest of the known Frank-Kasper intermetallic structure phases. A fifth structure involving just the Frank-Kasper coordination polyhedra has a higher average coordination number than any known or postulated Frank-Kasper phase.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)637-639
    Number of pages3
    JournalActa Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography
    Volume66
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2010

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