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   JOINT SEMINAR OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS
          Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics
                              and the 
       Institute for Biosciences, Bioinformatics, and Biotechnology 
                                 of
                         George Mason University
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             Virus-like Clusters of Atoms and Molecules

                          T.Patrick Martin
           Max Planck Institut fuer Festkoerperforschung
                         Stuttgart, Germany


   The surface of a fullerene molecule is not unlike that of graphite.
Therefore, these two forms of carbon might be expected to have similar
properties when acting as substrates for film overlayer growth.  However,
the fact that the surface of a fullerene molecule closes on itself leads
to interesting differences.  The structure of an overlayer on C60 is,
of course, dependent on the size and shape of the constituent atoms or
molecules.  The entire set of structures is found to be identical to that
know from investigations of a wide variety of plant and animal viruses.

                       Tuesday, July 13 1999
                                 10:30 AM
              Room 302 A, Building I, Prince Williams Campus

Refreshments will be served. Please check for directions at 
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