[computing] 3D printed molecules and the Scientific Christmas tree

[Савченков Антон Владимирович]

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Please, forward this e-mail to anyone who may be interested

Dear colleague,

I want to share my educational project with you. If you teach or study point group symmetry it is very handy to have solid objects representing different symmetry. The set of molecules representing 42 point groups is now available for purchase from the 3D printing company Shapeways.com. You can use these models for studying/teaching symmetry, for lectures and practice, for taking exams, for communicating science, for decoration, etc. If you do not wish to purchase the physical models, you can use the site as one of the largest database of example molecules of different types of symmetry (you can rotate all models in 3D right on the website).

BONUS - a little surprise for raising a smile - the Scientific Christmas tree constructed of Voronoi-Dirichlet polyhedra and Hirshfeld surfaces - a very pleasant and unexpected gift for Christmas and New Year! This Christmas tree is fancy and very unusual, though looks very festive and cute. Such an unexpected surprise will make you look very creative and will initiate good vibes and cheer up people - exactly what we need on holidays!

If you are interested - here is the link to the shop (you can find more info in the 'About' section on the bottom of the page):
https://www.shapeways.com/shops/point-group-symmetry

Prof. Peter C. Burns has already got his full set!

Here is the link to the Scientific Christmas tree:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/JSSH7AMS8/scientific-christmas-tree-small?optionId=73786230

If you have anybody in mind who may be interested - please, share the link with them. I would be very pleased if lots of people all over the world will use these models - then I will be sure that I have not wasted a month of my life for creating them ;)

P.S. If your country is non-serviceable by Shapeways, you can use different delivery services like qwintry.com<http://qwintry.com/>, shopotam.ru<http://shopotam.ru/>, etc.

Best regards,
Dr. Anton Savchenkov
Associate professor
Samara National Research University
Samara, Russian Federation
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