Diamond Cubic, Node: Lattice Art Series

An original work of art by Forrest Samuel, biomechanical engineer and founder of FBS Technologies. Every diamond starts here. This piece is a single node of the diamond-cubic lattice: one atom with its four bonds reaching out at the tetrahedral angle of 109.5°, each arm ending in a rounded ball for the neighboring atom. Repeat this node in three dimensions, every atom bonded to four others, and you get the structure of diamond, along with silicon and germanium. Diamond cubic is a face-centered…

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