Viruses and fullerenes -- symmetry as a common thread?

DOI10.1107/S2053273313034220MaRDI QIDQ2808912zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Pierre-Philippe Dechant, Jess Wardman, T. Keef, Reidun Twarock

Publication date 27 May 2016

Published in Acta Crystallographica. Section A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.4393

zbMATH Keywords

symmetryCoxeter groupsfullerenesquasicrystalsaffine extensionsvirusescarbon onions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Molecular structure (graph-theoretic methods, methods of differential topology, etc.) (92E10)

Abstract: We apply here the principle of affine symmetry to the nested fullerene cages (carbon onions) that arise in the context of carbon chemistry. Previous work on affine extensions of the icosahedral group has revealed a new organisational principle in virus structure and assembly. We adapt this group theoretic framework here to the physical requirements dictated by carbon chemistry, and show that we can derive mathematical models for carbon onions within this affine symmetry approach. This suggests the applicability of affine symmetry in a wider context in Nature, as well as offering a novel perspective on the geometric principles underpinning carbon chemistry.

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