New group theoretical methods for applications in virology and quasicrystals

Non-crystallographic symmetries are ubiquitous in physics, chemistry and biology. Prominent examples are quasicrystals, alloys with long-range order but no translational periodicity in their atomic organisation, and viruses, micro-organisms consisting of a protein shell, the capsid, that in most cas...

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Main Author: Zappa, Emilio
Other Authors: Twarock, Reidun
Published: University of York 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.667694