Nice pics - A good Micrograph is worth more than the MegaByte it consumes

(Nanowerk News) Here is another installment of our collection of amazing images from nanotechnology labs from all over the world. You can find other nanotechnology images here.
Here are some of the images from a micro- and nanograph contest held at the 36th International Conference on Micro & Nano Engineering (MNE), held in Genoa, Italy from September 19 to 22, 2010
trapped zig zag snake
"Trapped Zig Zag Snake" Scanning electron microscope image of a copper oxide cluster, 3.5 microns in diameter, prepared by evaporation and condensation over an alumina substrate. The smiley nose and eye are present in the original SEM image, which has only been color-enhanced. (Image: Anton Koeck, Elise Brunet, Stephan Steinhauer, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Health & Environment Department, Nano Systems)
 
electroplated gold
"Falling..." After electroplating of gold a small adhesion problem seemed to occur and all split rings looked like after an earthquake. (Image: Birgit Päivänranta, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland)
 
Self-illuminating flowers of Pandora
"Chocolate Chip Cookies" Micro-spheres of 7.5µm thick SU-8 resist exposed by EBL with 25kV. Cross-linked resist exceeds the boundaries of the spheres and tries to reach the neighbor sphere This results in free standing bridges with gaps in between. (Image: Guido Piaszenski, Raith GmbH, Dortmund, Germany)
 
Micro Sea
"The Oriental Orchid" The zinc oxide fibers look like the oriental orchid. The smooth curve of ZnO orchid shows the beauty of the orient. (Image: Sang Han Park, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea)
 
A ball of unknown particles on a lithographically patterned elastomer surface
"Lithography has got brains" A ball of unknown particles on a lithographically patterned elastomer surface. (Image: Peter Nill, Institute of Applied Physics, Eberhard-Karls-Univerität Tübingen, Germany)
 
Gold nanoparticle contamination on an evaporated gold film and buckled nanoimprint resist
"At the Reflection Pool" Gold nanoparticle contamination on an evaporated gold film and buckled nanoimprint resist. (Image: Keith Morton, National Research Council Canada)
We have a collection of these amazing images in some of our articles on Nanowerk. You can find the links here.
 
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