Models for Spheroid Design

As stated, the Platonic solids constitute a family of five convex uniform polyhedra made up of the same regular polygons and possess either 32, 432, or 532 symmetry. As a result, the three coordinate directions within each solid are equivalent, which makes these polyhedra models for spheroid design. 

From this information, general principles for the design of spherical molecular hosts have been developed. [11] These principles rely on the use of convex uniform polyhedra as models for spheroid design. To demonstrate the usefulness of this approach, structural classification of organic, inorganic, and biological hosts - frameworks which can be rationally compared on the basis of symmetry - has revealed an interplay between symmetry, structure, and function. [53]... 

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