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Zallen, R. (2002). The Sixteen-Percent Solution: Critical Volume Fraction for Percolation. In: Thorpe, M.F., Phillips, J.C. (eds) Phase Transitions and Self-Organization in Electronic and Molecular Networks. Fundamental Materials Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47113-2_3
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