Bringing Crystal Structures to Reality by Three-Dimensional Printing

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• 作者：Philip J. Kitson ; Andrew Macdonell ; Soichiro Tsuda ; HongYing Zang ; De-Liang Long ; Leroy Cronin
• 刊名：Crystal Growth & Design
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：June 4, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：14
• 期：6
• 页码：2720-2724
• 全文大小：383K
• 年卷期：v.14,no.6(June 4, 2014)
• ISSN：1528-7505

文摘

The process of converting structural models derived from single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments into physical models for the purposes of visualization/communication and collaboration by the use of three-dimensional (3D) printing techniques is described. Digital information regarding the relative positioning of atoms in a crystal structure is translated, using a suite of computer programs, into a 3D computer model of a solid form, corresponding to that information which can then be saved in a file format for 3D printing. These files are then used to produce to-scale physical models of the structural information using two different 3D printing methodologies.