Julius Oppenheim

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  • 3D Printing Molecules

    A series of steps to create a .x3d file for 3D printing in color using Blender (although many other software can accomplish this, Blender does allow for some flexibility with design)

  • Projections of molecules in Blender

    Here, I will walk through the process of making an animation similar to the one found at https://twitter.com/Jules_Oppenheim/status/1597229519332864001 1) Download the latest version of Blender from https://www.blender.org/download/ For this particular animation, we will need to install the experimental Blender version 3.4.0 or newer. This is because we will be using a new type of geometry node called…

  • Ising model on a cpc net

    Here I’ll explain the creation of this result: https://twitter.com/Jules_Oppenheim/status/1576596723933200384 In a recent paper (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202213960), Kampouri et al. synthesize a metal-organic framework from 3,3’,4,4’,5,5’-hexahydroxybiphenyl and FeCl2. The MOF crystallizes into a net with a two-dimensional secondary building unit conisting of alternating octahedral and square planar iron atoms, bridged by the oxygen of the hexahydroxybiphenyl linkers. Topologically, this SBU…

  • 3D animations of DFT trajectories in Blender

    Hi all, This is my first blog post, in which I’m going to explain how the animation from https://twitter.com/Jules_Oppenheim/status/1558944080306049024 was created. The concept behind this animation is to begin with a molecule that the AI, DALL-E, has created, and watch the molecule as it relaxes to its ground state configuration.  The first step is to…