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. 2012 Jul 31;109(31):12266-7.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1209950109. Epub 2012 Jul 23.

Topological soft matter: Kagome lattices with a twist

Vincenzo Vitelli  1
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Topological soft matter: Kagome lattices with a twist

Vincenzo Vitelli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
(A) Isostatic lattice created from a Kagome lattice. (B) Weakly connected network of struts and balls exhibits a finite amplitude mode of deformation that costs zero energy, represented by the dashed line. (C) Topologically equivalent network obtained by smoothly deforming the system shown in B violates the Maxwell criterion and displays five zero-energy modes [Adapted from Sun et al. (2)].
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