Domokos wanted to see if Regős could use the geometry that he had originally developed to describe geological fractures to characterize the patterns in Decurtins’ images. To get started, Regős treated ...

Here the authors have fabricated quasi 3D structures by the thermal deformation of simple two-dimensional laser-induced patterns.

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a method for having 2D patterns made of plastic self-assemble into 3D objects using a heat lamp and printer ink.

A 2D grayscale image of the Mona Lisa (left) is converted into a 3D pattern (right). (© 2011 Wiley-VCH) "We grow brush polymers from a 2D pattern of initiator molecules printed on a surface using a ...

Neurons come in an astounding assortment of shapes and sizes, forming a thick inter-connected jungle of cells. Now, neuroscientists have found that there is a simple pattern that describes the ...

Spring time: This complex array of 3D silicon microstructures was formed by compressive buckling. (Courtesy: John Rogers, University of Illinois) “Tilted table”, “peacock” and “triple-floor building” ...