An icosahedral twin is an atomic structure found in atomic clusters and also nanoparticles with some thousands of atoms. Their atomic structure is slightly different from what is found for bulk materials, and contains five-fold symmetries.
An icosahedral twin is an atomic structure found in atomic clusters and also nanoparticles with some thousands of atoms. Their atomic structure is slightly different from what is found for bulk materials, and contains five-fold symmetries.
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