Abstract
Results of an experiment aimed at the detection of voids in small icosahedral particles of electrolytic copper are presented. The chosen experimental technique is theoretically justified. The presence of voids revealed in the experiment gives strong evidence that the formation of small particles and microcrystals with pentagonal symmetry is governed by the disclination mechanism.
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Original Russian Text © I.S. Yasnikov, A.A. Vikarchuk, 2006, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. 46–49.