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Haji-Akbari, Amir; Engel, Michael; Keys, Aaron S.; Zheng, Xiaoyu; Petschek, Rolfe G.; Palffy-Muhoray, Peter; Glotzer, Sharon C. (2009). "Disordered, quasicrystalline and crystalline phases of densely packed tetrahedra".
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Damasceno, Pablo F.; Engel, Michael; Glotzer, Sharon C. (2012). "Crystalline
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Damasceno, Pablo F.; Engel, Michael; Glotzer, Sharon C. (2012). "Structural
Diversity and the Role of Particle Shape and Dense Fluid Behavior in Assemblies of Hard Polyhedra".
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