A physicist who developed a theory of the stability of multiply twinned particles. The model balances surface, twin-boundary and elastic elastic strain energy, together with adhesion to a supporting surface. Because these contributions scale differently with size, a shape favored for a small particle can become unfavorable as it grows; the calculation predicts critical sizes for stable and metastable structures.[ref]
Stability of Multiply-Twinned Particles by Shozo Ino. Abstract: energy contributions and critical sizes for icosahedral and decahedral particles
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