Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
For those who are more curious, this video is some raw timelapse footage of the water-bath-magnet demo. This demo shows formation of 2D crystals, sometimes more effectively than others. The first time I tried to make the hexagonal crystal, for example, I had way too many disks in the pool. Because they were running into the walls, they didn't have enough freedom get to their ideal arrangement, and the perfect "crystal" never formed. It's interesting where this model is similar to and very different from "real life" crystallization.
I'd love to try this out in massive scale, like a 10'x10' shallow pool of water and a couple thousand magnets...
This Video Series:
Crystals (The main video): youtu.be/06TscuHNvGQ
The entire CsCl crystal simulation, growing a crystalline "nanoparticle" from 2 to 16384 particles: youtu.be/6DlRsPo-dxY
Extra footage of the water-bath 2D demo: youtu.be/aO-u6fJDwIs
Epilogue - Why cubic crystals don't always make cubic shapes: coming soon
GIFs in this series:
2D crystal water bath:
3D Simulated nanoparticle:
Music Credits:
I Dunno by grapes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
Move Ya by Max Surla/Media Right Productions is licensed under a Creative Commons license
Operatic 3 by Vibe Mountain is licensed under a Creative Commons license
For those who are more curious, this video is some raw timelapse footage of the water-bath-magnet demo. This demo shows formation of 2D crystals, sometimes more effectively than others. The first time I tried to make the hexagonal crystal, for example, I had way too many disks in the pool. Because they were running into the walls, they didn't have enough freedom get to their ideal arrangement, and the perfect "crystal" never formed. It's interesting where this model is similar to and very different from "real life" crystallization.
I'd love to try this out in massive scale, like a 10'x10' shallow pool of water and a couple thousand magnets...
This Video Series:
Crystals (The main video): youtu.be/06TscuHNvGQ
The entire CsCl crystal simulation, growing a crystalline "nanoparticle" from 2 to 16384 particles: youtu.be/6DlRsPo-dxY
Extra footage of the water-bath 2D demo: youtu.be/aO-u6fJDwIs
Epilogue - Why cubic crystals don't always make cubic shapes: coming soon
GIFs in this series:
2D crystal water bath:
3D Simulated nanoparticle:
Music Credits:
I Dunno by grapes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
Move Ya by Max Surla/Media Right Productions is licensed under a Creative Commons license
Operatic 3 by Vibe Mountain is licensed under a Creative Commons license
