Credit: Reprinted (adapted) with permission from ACS Nano 10, pp. 6163-6172 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b02108.
A 32-face 3D truncated icosahedron mesh was created to test a simulation’s ability to guide precise construction of complex geometries. Scanning electron microscopy of the product (left) showed excellent agreement with the nanoscale structure that the simulation predicted (right).