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.
