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Computer program 'paints' porphyrin structures in the style of Piet Mondrian

53 points by crescit_eundo 2y ago

crescit_eundo 2y ago
https://archive.ph/Kgh2S https://archive.ph/Kgh2S
lmz 2y ago
The publication, with more pics: https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202403754 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202403754
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benrutter 2y ago
This is a really neat way of visualising molecules! Just to be incredibly boring and pedantic though- I love mondrian's works and he's an artist who constantly experimented. It's kind of a shame that he's often thought of and talked about as if all his paintings were random grids of random colours. Even his really grid based paintings (which to be fair is like the whole second half if his career) often do interesting things with outlines and space that make them much more interesting than random grids: - https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian#/media/File%3APiet_Mondriaan%2C_1921_-_Composition_en_rouge%2C_jaune%2C_bleu_et_noir.jpg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian#/media/Fi... - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Piet_Mondrian%2C_1942_-_Broadway_Boogie_Woogie.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Piet_Mon...
PopAlongKid 2y ago
I was surprised that such a distinctive word shares its root with words for diverse things - philosophy and minerals, along with the topic of this thread. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=intitle%3A%22Porphyr%2A%22&title=Special:Search&ns0=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=intitle%3A%22Por...
emporas 2y ago
Very nice idea. Not sure how the paintings correspond to the molecular structure, but it may be helpful to chemistry engineers who have some better intuition about molecules than me.
Terr_ 2y ago
> porphyrin For context that's a class of molecules which includes the "heme" of human hemoglobin. Reading the title, I was reminded of the disorder Porphyria [0], which is memorable for being similar to some vampire myths. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria
xkgask 2y ago
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53 points by crescit_eundo 2y ago

crescit_eundo 2y ago

https://archive.ph/Kgh2S https://archive.ph/Kgh2S

lmz 2y ago

The publication, with more pics: https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202403754 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202403754

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benrutter 2y ago

This is a really neat way of visualising molecules! Just to be incredibly boring and pedantic though- I love mondrian's works and he's an artist who constantly experimented. It's kind of a shame that he's often thought of and talked about as if all his paintings were random grids of random colours. Even his really grid based paintings (which to be fair is like the whole second half if his career) often do interesting things with outlines and space that make them much more interesting than random grids: - https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian#/media/File%3APiet_Mondriaan%2C_1921_-_Composition_en_rouge%2C_jaune%2C_bleu_et_noir.jpg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian#/media/Fi... - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Piet_Mondrian%2C_1942_-_Broadway_Boogie_Woogie.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Piet_Mon...

PopAlongKid 2y ago

I was surprised that such a distinctive word shares its root with words for diverse things - philosophy and minerals, along with the topic of this thread. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=intitle%3A%22Porphyr%2A%22&title=Special:Search&ns0=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=intitle%3A%22Por...

emporas 2y ago

Very nice idea. Not sure how the paintings correspond to the molecular structure, but it may be helpful to chemistry engineers who have some better intuition about molecules than me.

Terr_ 2y ago

> porphyrin For context that's a class of molecules which includes the "heme" of human hemoglobin. Reading the title, I was reminded of the disorder Porphyria [0], which is memorable for being similar to some vampire myths. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria

xkgask 2y ago

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