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Close Packing

Close Packing is a geometric arrangement of atoms or ions in a crystalline solid characterized by the most efficient utilization of space through the maximization of atomic coordination and minimization of void volume, typically achieved in face-centered cubic or hexagonal close-packed structures.

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736

Jamming at zero temperature and zero applied stress: The epitome of disorder

Corey S. O’Hern, Leonardo E. Silbert, Andrea J. Liu et al. · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · 2003 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Is Random Close Packing of Spheres Well Defined?

Salvatore Torquato, Thomas M. Truskett, Pablo G. Debenedetti · Physical Review Letters · 2000 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Crystal Structure of a Group I Ribozyme Domain: Principles of RNA Packing

J.H.D. Cate, Anne R. Gooding, Elaine R. Podell et al. · Science · 1996 · 1.2K citations

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Elastic waves through a packing of spheres

Fritz Gassmann · Geophysics · 1951 · 1.2K citations

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Encapsulation of Guest Molecules into a Dendritic Box

Johan F. G. A. Jansen, Ellen M. M. de Brabander‐van den Berg, E. W. Meijer · Science · 1994 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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2.4K

  1. ST
    Salvatore Torquato

    Princeton University, United States

    8 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. KW
    Krzysztof W. Wojciechowski

    Institute of Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

    7 publications · 320 citations

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  3. KV
    Konstantin V. Tretiakov

    Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

    7 publications · 320 citations

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  4. JD
    J. D. Bernal

    Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 294 citations

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  5. AK
    Andrzej Katrusiak

    Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

    6 publications · 141 citations

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777

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    24 h-index

    33 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    11 h-index

    11 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    362 citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    2K citations

  6. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    417 citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    577 citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

    Mainz, Germany

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    342 citations

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  1. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    46 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 27 publications · 4.8K citations

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  3. Langmuir

    26 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. Journal of the American Chemical Society

    JACS · 17 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Soft Matter

    15 publications · 665 citations

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