Building 3-D fractals on a nano scale

Sunday, June 2, 2013 - 18:30 in Physics & Chemistry

It starts with one 3-D structure with eight planes, an octahedron. This repeats itself to smaller octahedra: 625 after just four steps. At every corner of a new octahedron, a successive octahedron is formed. A truly fascinating 3D fractal ‘building’ is formed on the micro and nano scale.

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