March/April 2024 competitors
SEM image of small As2Se3 structures that slipped out from their mould, looking like small cupcakes with some topping on them. Microscope: SEM Gemini.
Kelp-like structures inside hydrogels. Microscope: SEM Gemini.
SEM image of biscuits made of Staphylococcus Xylosus. Hopefully we don’t eat too many of them… Sample greatly prepared by Mary-Claude Croisier-Coeytaux. Microscope: SEM Gemini.
Bowl-shape polymer particles surrounded by other micro and polymer nanoparticles. Microscope: SEM Gemini.
A bad supply chain management caused problems during the unmoulding and decoration of As2Se3 cupcakes, resulting in a huge chaos at the bakery. Microscope: SEM Gemini.
Gas Diffusion Electrode after electrochemical CO2 reduction. Microscope: SEM Teneo.
Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) look like a nanoscale coral forest growing on the surface of a cellulose nanofiber (CNF) film when viewed from above. Microscope: SEM Merlin.
Wild-type Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 cyanobacterium immobilized and fixed on a graphite foil support. Microscope: SEM Merlin.
Conductive polymer (PEDOT) growing on carbon fibers in a mesh (carbon felt). Microscope: SEM Gemini.
January/February 2024 competitors
Dreaming of a tropical holiday in February? Me too. Join me for an exclusive excursion to these (contamination) nanoislands in a sea of germanium tin! Price: interest in the science. Microscope: SEM Merlin.
An undesirable air bubble created a hole in a flat substrate, which turned into a dark moon hiding the sun in a starry sky after the dewetting of a thin selenium film. Microscope: SEM Gemini.
What do you see in this picture? Gecko? Warrior? A person walking their dog? Everyone has seen something different in this little metallic flake… what does this say about you? Microscope: SEM Merlin.
February is the month of love, and for you, CIME, I want to give a µ-rose. This is a beautiful mistake that resulted from contamination on my germanium tin film. Thank you to CIME for all that you do! Microscope: SEM Merlin.
A single crystal of UiO-68 MOFs analogue, looks like an abandoned pyramid covered in a thick layer of sand. Microscope: SEM Teneo.
Zinc phosphite grown on graphene by MBE tends to grow as triangles. By chance two grains merged to form the perfect little heart. Microscope: SEM Merlin.
A single crystal of UiO-68 MOFs analogue with a rough surface, which makes it looks like cocoon or bandage wrapped crystal like mummy. Microscope: SEM Teneo.
A single crystal of UiO-68 MOFs analogue with a rough surface, which makes it looks like cocoon. Microscope: SEM Teneo.
Perovskite domains featuring bend contours which are used as structural levers to mitigate strain-release and hence, formation of stacking faults. Microscope: TEM Talos.
