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A Short History of an Elusive Yet Ubiquitous Structure in Chemistry, Materials, and Mathematics
Author(s) -
Hyde Stephen T.,
O'Keeffe Michael,
Proserpio Davide M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200801519
Subject(s) - gyroid , beauty , basis (linear algebra) , chemistry , mathematics , geometry , aesthetics , art , polymer , organic chemistry , copolymer
Beauty in the sciences : The extraordinary history of a three‐periodic net and its associated surface, the gyroid, is recounted (see picture). These structures appear in diverse contexts in mathematics, as the topology for crystal structures in materials, which is the basis for liquid crystal phases and derived mesoporous materials, and in insect pigments.