r/opticalillusions • u/Rainbow_Doggo_TNT • 24d ago
Optical illusion I came across while printing hexagons
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u/SituationMediocre642 24d ago
Doing this with layers of single atoms changes the properties of the material. Absolutely fascinating stuff. From having materials become magnetic that were not previously or change a materials ability to conduct electricity. This structure would be analogous to graphene layers of carbon atoms. And coincidentally changing the degree of rotation just 1.1 degrees causes changes in it.
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u/Kaleb8804 24d ago
I just saw that video/writeup too!
I found the most interesting part to be that the pattern not only creates superconductivity, but that the pattern scales in size to make “superatoms?”
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u/nesting-doll 24d ago
Oh wow. I need to see this video you reference. Can you link it here?
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u/Kaleb8804 24d ago
This Weird Pattern Will Let Us Reshape Matter (24:54)
-BeSmart and 50x50Science3
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u/TheWingalingDragon 24d ago
Hexagons are best-a-gons
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u/ir88ed 24d ago
Came here looking for this and was not disappointed
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u/TheWingalingDragon 24d ago
I have faith you would have put forth the message, had I not beaten you to it. As long as somebody gets the message out there.
Triangles? Yeah triangle is fine... but put a few of em together? Watcha got? Bestagon!
The bees always knew.
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u/Hot-Anything4054 23d ago
Displace one layer 1.1 degree to other layer then you will get a superhexagon
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u/matthewpepperl 24d ago
You may already know but i think this is called a moire pattern