avadakabitch on December 12nd, 2019 at 14:25 UTC »
How is this mildly, this is fucking awesome
An_Old_IT_Guy on December 12nd, 2019 at 14:30 UTC »
I've been staring at this for longer than I want to say trying to figure out how those patterns are created by overlapping circles.
gradi3nt on December 12nd, 2019 at 15:21 UTC »
This effect is actually a hot topic in physics right now. If you misalign 2d crystals, like the arrays of holes are misaligned, you can change the properties of the materials in exciting ways:
Magic angle grahpene:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07848-2
avadakabitch on December 12nd, 2019 at 14:25 UTC »
How is this mildly, this is fucking awesome
An_Old_IT_Guy on December 12nd, 2019 at 14:30 UTC »
I've been staring at this for longer than I want to say trying to figure out how those patterns are created by overlapping circles.
gradi3nt on December 12nd, 2019 at 15:21 UTC »
This effect is actually a hot topic in physics right now. If you misalign 2d crystals, like the arrays of holes are misaligned, you can change the properties of the materials in exciting ways:
Magic angle grahpene:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07848-2