Gyroid

A gyroid minimal surface, coloured to show the Gaussian curvature at each point
3D model of a gyroid unit cell

A gyroid is an infinitely connected triply periodic minimal surface discovered by Alan Schoen in 1970. It arises naturally in polymer science and biology, as an interface with high surface area.

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