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Who knew that 3D printing technologies could be used to make chocolate even more crackly? Scientists from the University of Amsterdam have done just that, but the process is more complex than you think. First, they had to get the building material under control by carefully heating it up, adding some cold chocolate, cooling it down and then placing it in a 3D printer. This enabled the team to print nearly any shape of chocolate material desired, while guaranteeing that the base material always had the same properties.
Many people enjoy the crackling experience of eating food, with the more cracks, the better. So, the scientists tried many different structures to achieve this in order to find one where the number of cracks can basically be programmed into the material. What they discovered was that spiral-shaped metamaterials allowed them to achieve this since the number of windings can be directly controlled when the material was pressed mechanically. However, creating shimmering chocolate may take some more time.
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The final question was of course: is designing an enjoyable eating experience a matter of trial and error, or can nice edible materials actually be designed and fine-tuned before creating them? The researchers found that with a well-chosen mathematical model, they can indeed optimize certain shapes of chocolates with respect to, for example, their resistance to break when bitten from certain directions,” said the team.
