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Geometric frustration governs shape selection in fibrous materials.

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Figure 1: Geometric frustration due to curved surfaces and twists.

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  1. Eran Sharon is at the Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel,

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  2. Hillel Aharoni is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA,

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Sharon, E., Aharoni, H. Frustrated shapes. Nature Mater 15, 707–709 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4678

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