Straw model of the elevated icosahedron (himmelis)

Two bead models for the JMM math art exhibitions

Chia-Chin and I submit two bead structures for the coming Joint Mathematical Meeting next January. These two models are made almost four years ago.

A paper for the Chemical Education in Taiwan

We published a paper in Chinese for the Chemical Education in Taiwan (台灣化學教育). The title is "奈米世界的構築藝術：第一型晶籠水合物的串珠模型之結構與製作" (Architectural Beauty in Nano World: The Structures and Construction of Type I Clathrate Hydrate).
In the future, I hope I can find time to write another two manuscripts for type II and type H Clathrate Hydrates.

附中「藝數創課」

跟師大附中合作的「化數為藝」特色課程，星期三做了第三次的教師增能工作坊，題目為「奈米無機世界的構築藝術-從數學串珠到分子桁架結構」。 海報與幾張照片：

A video on youtube

I just noticed a video "串珠與奈米世界的火花 (Sparkling Between Beading and Nano World)" on youtube which was apparently made by my school, National Taiwan Unversity.


The photos in this video were taken by Ying-Rong Chen.

A few bead models of diamondoid molecules

Mathematical beading can be used to construct any diamondoid molecule, also known as nanodiamonds or condensed adamantanes. Here, I show three such molecular systems:

Adamantane (C₁₀H₁₆);
Diamantane (C₁₄H₂₀) also diadamantane, two face-fused cages;
One of 9 isomers of Pentamantane with chemical formula C₂₆H₃₂.