I designed this model for the cover illustration of my father’s book on nanoparticles. It represents
the structure of SBA-15, a type of mesoporous silica. My first thought when designing the model was to extend
Hexagonal Honeycomb by making the tubes longer, but I reckoned the model would use a huge number of
units, and decided to design something new from scratch. The Hexagonal Honeycomb II unit I came up
with produces tubes of the right proportions, from just a single unit per tube (plus connectors between tubes).
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