Haresh Lalvani ('67) develops 4D Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
Information shared by Arjun Malhotra ('70), Ron Gupta ('70), and Lalvani Studios
We are pleased to share the news that Haresh Lalvani's ('67) 4D periodic table of chemical elements was just published in Foundations of Chemistry.
Architecture and nano-technology became formally associated after the three noble chemists, Kroto, Smalley and Curl, named a soccer-ball shaped molecule after Buckminster Fuller. They named it the Buckyball and a new field of chemistry, fullerene chemistry, was born. This paper continues the interest in the architecture of nature and, in particular, the architecture of the building blocks of matter (at the level of atoms) with the hope that such thinking will inform the future of the art and science of building. The architecture of chemical elements was neatly captured by Dmitri Mendeleev in his periodic table (1869). The periodic table of chemical elements is the starting point of new materials and nano-architecture. New developments in nano-design and nano-technology impact the design arts-art, design, architecture.
In celebration of 150 years of publication of Mendeleev's landmark work, UNESCO named 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table. These animations were first shown in July at a commemorative conference celebrating Mendeleev in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he made his landmark discovery. The publication of a 4D periodic table during this year continues this spirit of celebration and recognition. It also addresses the question of "one" vs. "many" periodic tables since there are over 1,000 such tables.
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Lalvani Studio is also setting up a YouTube Channel that will display all 9 animations from the original paper. Click here to access it.