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The
rules include the following:
• Entries have to be of a single image taken with a microscope and not
significantly altered.
• There is no restriction with respect to the subject matter.
• Electron and ion micrographs have to be black and white.
In
2008, 86 entries were submitted. There were many outstanding micrographs.
The work represented in the submitted micrographs covered a wide
range of fields including micro mechanical, photonic, and integrated
circuit fabrication, chemical and dry etching, laser optics,
carbon nanotube structures, carbon nanotube growth experiments, biological
samples, material science experiments and, of course, e-beam, ion
beam, and photo lithography experiments.
The
panel of judges who selected the award winners were:
• Don Tennant - Cornell
• Hank Smith – M.I.T.
• Nikos Glezos- IMEL/NCSR Demokritos
The
Awards are
• First Prize
• Second Prize
• Third Prize
The
judges also selected Most Bizarre and 6 Honorable
Mentions.
All 2008 Entries (with original titles)
Judges
exercised their prerogative to liberally interpret the award categories,
change the micrograph titles, and even rotate the micrograph if it
pleased them.
First Prize
Title: Nano Burgers with
lettuce
Description:
MEMS processing never stops giving surprises to designers. These vertical
test structures, built with 3 metal layers, have turned into
delicious hamburgers. The adhesion layer, rough surface and conformality
issues are the instigators the first nano-hamburgers ever!!
Magnification:
(3"x4" image): 3.19 k X
Instrument: CrossBeam
1560XB (Carl Zeiss).
Submitted
by:
Jordi Llobet1 and
Laura Barrachina2
Affiliation:
1CNM-IMB (CSIC) – Barcelona (Spain) 2Baolab – Barcelona (Spain)
Second Prize
Title: Hot Lips
Description:
At the tip of the freestanding “V” shape ribbon, thin films
were detached from each other due to high internal stress.
Magnification: (3"x4" image): 26.88 KX
Instrument: Zeiss ULTRA 55
Submitted by:
Li Zhang
Affiliation: ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Third Prize
Title: Moon over Palamidi
Description:
When intercalating lithium-ions into bulk silicon, the expansion of
the host
material is tremendous and induces the creation of features with various
shapes: volcanoes, rifts …
Magnification:
(3"x4" image): Groot k X
Instrument: Olympus Fei NovaNanoSEM
600
Submitted
by: Frans Holthuysen
Affiliation: Philips
Research Labs, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Most Bizarre
Title: An EUV Mask
costs WHAT?
Description:
HPR504 resist surface following exposure to an Ar ion beam
Magnification:
(3"x4" image): 500X
Instrument: Leitz
Submitted by:
Harry van Esch and Falco van Delft
Affiliation:
Philips Research - MiPlaza
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: “Nano Dentures”
Description: A platinum nano
labyrinth structure was made from electron beam deposition of Pt
in FEI-200 FIB system. It may be used to
confuse nano creatures
E-beam deposition parameters:
Material: Pt. E-beam voltage: 5KeV E-beam current: 98pA Write
field size: 60µm
Deposition thickness: 50nm XY overlap: -100% Dwell time:
10µs
Magnification: (3"x4" image): 80,000X
Instrument: FEI Nova Nanolab 200 dualbeam FIB system
Submitted by:
H. H. Cheng, M. M. Alkaisi
Affiliation: The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of
Canterbury, New Zealand
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: Dig me out, I’ve
had enough sand!
Description:
Electrical connections for my nano-grippers melted during the first
test, because of short-circuits. The materials are: polysilicon
(dark areas) and gold(light areas).
Magnification:
(3"x4" image): 3.53 k X
Instrument: Homemade, SEM LEO 1550
Submitted by:
Alberto Cagliani
Affiliation: DTU-Nanotech Denmark
HONORABLE MENTION
Title:
Waterfall
Description:
Polymer Pattern Transfer with Plasma Etching was not successful
Magnification:
6207 X
Instrument:
Philips 515 Scanning Electron Microscope
Submitted by:
Dimitrios Kontziampasis
Affiliation:
N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: “Flames @
the lake
Description:
Top view on PECVD grown carbon nanotubes.
Magnification:
(3"x4" image): 2000 X
Instrument: Philips
XL 30
Submitted by: Michael Häffner
Affiliation:
Universität Tübingen
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: “Wiring Harness
for the 22nm node.”
Description:
Not given
Magnification: (3"x4" image):
100 KX
Instrument:
ZEISS He Beam Microscope
Submitted by:
N. Economou
Affiliation: Zeiss
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: Dali’s fali
Description:
Reflection of the electron detector on a charged piece of plastic inside
the SEM.
Magnification:23X
Instrument: Philips
XL 30 SEM
Submitted
by:
Michael
Häffner,
Marius
Blideran
Affiliation:
Universität
Tübingen
All 2008 Entries (with original titles)
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