Natural Pigments

Here is an awesome essay/paper on natural pigments: http://naturalpigments.com/education/article.asp?ArticleID=116 http://naturalpigments.com/education/article.asp?ArticleID=116 http://naturalpigments.com/education/article.asp?ArticleID=116 http://naturalpigments.com/education/article.asp?ArticleID=116 http://naturalpigments.com/education/article.asp?ArticleID=116 http://naturalpigments.com/education/article.asp?ArticleID=116 Trying to figure out how to smash these sea stones into pigment…..

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The Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction (or BZ reaction)

More Design inspiration the Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction (or BZ reaction)! The Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction (or BZ reaction) is performed using a mixture of sodium bromate, malonic acid, sulphuric acid, and ferroin. This creates a complex oxidising reaction that changes colour periodically. The oscillations start with the formation in a red solution of small blue dots that expand…

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So-called Angelic Script – light is the inspiration for script fonts?

There is an esoteric side to everything, no doubt. That is why I like this school of thought. Some say script is just the effect of primitive writing. Calligraphy was just a primitive writing style and things developed after the printing press into the print penmanship we know of today. But one must ask, what…

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Electron Diffraction Patterns

Quasicrystal Structural investigation of stable quasicrystals High-resolution transmission electron microscopy in combination with further electron microscopy techniques is employed for the structural characterisation of quasicrystalline alloys such als icosahedral and decagonal Al-Mn-Pd as well as decagonal Al-Co-Ni. These investigations are in collaboration with several research groups especially with Dr. R. Lück at the Max Planck…

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