Dr Eric A. Lord is a Visiting Scientist in the Department of Metallurgy at the Indian Institute of Science. Professor Alan L. Mackay retired in 1991 as Professor Emeritus for the School of Crystallography at the University of London. He continues to pursue several research collaborations and is a Fellow of the Royal Society. Professor S. Ranganathan is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Metallugy at the Indian Institute of Science and has contributed to some 250 papers in scientific journals.

• 1. Introduction; 2. 2D Tilings; 3. 3D Tilings; 4. Circle and sphere packing; 5. Hierarchical structures; 6. Clusters; 7. Helical and spiral structures; 8. 3D Nets; 9. Triply periodic surfaces; 10. Novel atomic configurations in metallics.

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