“Geometric Frustration of Single Crystal Growth on Conical Surfaces with Small Opening Angles”

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38115492

This study investigates how the constraint of closure on conical surfaces can geometrically frustrate the growth of single crystals, and finds that a seam and disordered particle packing typically form on cones with small opening angles, with the onset of disorder resulting from a finite-size effect that depends strongly on the circumference.