Liquid Origami: Scientists Create Microscopic Six-Pointed Stars from Tiny Droplets (IMAGE)

Bar-Ilan University

Liquid Origami: Scientists Create Microscopic Six-Pointed Stars from Tiny Droplets

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Conceptual diagram of liquid-origami droplet transformations. A microscopic droplet develops a thin crystalline shell that folds, producing hexagonal and six-pointed star shapes.

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Dr. Alexander Butenko, Bar-Ilan University

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