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The 60th International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication
22nd EIPBN Bizarre/Beautiful Micrograph Contest
“A good Micrograph is worth more than the MegaByte it consumes.”
Entries Presented by Dr. John Randall – Zyvex Labs
The rules include the following:
• Entries have to be of a single image taken with a microscope and could not be significantly altered.
• There is no restriction with respect to the subject matter.
• Electron and ion micrographs have to be black and white.
In 2016, 78 entries were submitted. Including:
• 60 Electron Micrographs (SEM and TEM)
• 8 Ion Micrographs
• 9 Photon (optical) Micrographs
• 1 Scanning Probe Micrograph
The entries came from: US, Italy, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, UK, Switzerland.
• Shida Tan – Intel
• Deirdre Olynick – Molecular Foundry
• Liz Dobisz– Spin Transfer Technologies
The Judges exercised their prerogative to liberally interpret the award categories, and change the micrograph titles if it pleased them.
There were seven awards:
• Grand Prize
• Best Ion Micrograph
• Most Bizarre
• 3 Beamer’s Choice
• Best Electron Micrograph
• Best Scanning Probe Micrograph
• Most Realistic Micrograph
There were 6 Honorable Mentions also given.
All 2016 Entries (with original titles)
BEST ELECTRON MICROGRAPH
Title: Yinz’s micro crabs
Description: Micro crabs on their way to the beach.
Magnification: (3″x 4″ image): 15KX
Instrument: FEI XL 30s SEM
Submitted by: Si Wang
Affiliation: University of Wuppertal
BEST ION PRIZE
Title:Rigid
Description: Gold-capped carbonized nano-pillars surrounded by carbon nanotubes prepared by a combination of 2-photon direct laser write and a thermal anneal.
Magnification: (3″x 4″ image): 8.725KX
Instrument: FEI Novalab 600 Dual-Beam
Submitted by: Ivan Kravchenko
Affiliation: Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
3 BEAMER’S CHOICE AWARD
Title: Octopus Tooth Fairy
Description: Imprinted SU-8 exposed by an excimer lamp with wavelength of 172 nm.
Magnification: (3″ x 4″ image): 4.8KX
Instrument: FEI XL 30S
Submitted by: Christian Steinberg and Si Wang
Affiliation: University of Wuppertal
MOST REALISTIC MICROGRAPH
Title: White Christmas
Description: Electrical breakdown during electrochemical etching.
Magnification: (3″x 4″ image): 9KX
Instrument: LEO FESEM 1530
Submitted by: Ferhat Aydinoglu
Affiliation: University of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON, Canada)
MOST BIZARRE MICROGRAPH
Title: Octopus Tooth Fairy
Description: Imprinted SU-8 exposed by an excimer lamp with wavelength of 172 nm.
Magnification: (3″x 4″ image): 4.8KX
Instrument: FEI XL 30S
Submitted by: Christian Steinberg and Si Wang
Affiliation: University of Wuppertal
BEST SCANNING PROBE MICROGRAPH
Title: Your Brain on Grass???
Description: 3-d height AFM image of cellulose nanofibrils (Forest Products Laboratory) deposited on mica. This nanofibrillated material has aggregated to mimic the neural pathways of the human brain.
Magnification (3″x 4″ image): 48KX
Instrument: Veeco Multimode SPM
Submitted by: Philip Fournier
Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Star Research Group
GRAND PRIZE
Title: Celestial
Description: Wrinkled PMMA film on silicon substrate. Differential Interference Contrast Mode.
Magnification: (3″x 4″ image): 36X (5X obj)
Instrument: Olympus MX61
Submitted by: Devin Brown
Affiliation: Georgia Tech
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: KitKat on wrapper
Description: A piece of silicon with several zone plates on top of it (Zone plate brand KitKat).
Magnification: (3″x 4″ image): 83X
Instrument: FIB FEI Nova 600 NanoLab
Submitted by: Kenan Li
Affiliation: Northwestern University
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: Feed Me
Description: Carbonization of gold capped pillars photo-polymerized using 2-photon direct laser write.
Magnification: (3″x 4″ image): 9.508KX
Instrument: FEI Novalab 600 Dual-Beam
Submitted by: Ivan Kravchenko
Affiliation: Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: Einstein’s Atoms
Description:Particle which get shifted during cool of a thermal imprint process due to different coefficients of thermal expansion between the Si-substrate and the polymeric stamp.
Magnification: (3″x 4″ image): 10KX
Instrument: FEI/Philips XL 30S FEG
Submitted by: Marc Papenheim
Affiliation: University of Wuppertal
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: Take out boxes
Description: After development of two layers system positive photoresists via optical lithography.
Magnification: (3″x 4″ image): 11KX
Instrument: FEI XL 30S
Submitted by: Si Wang
Affiliation: University of Wuppertal
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: Group Hug
Description: These creepy spiders are coming from collapsed of SU8 pillars following a drastic heating before IPA rinsing solvent completely dried.
Magnification: (3″x 4″ image): 600X
Instrument: Hitachi S-4800
Submitted by: Angelo Accardo
Affiliation: LAAS-CNRS, France
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: Crab in-utero
Description: A German folk tale tells from sirne, which is sitting on the cliff above the Rhine and combing her golden hair, unwittingly distracted shipmen with her beauty and song, causing them to crash on the rocks.
Magnification: (3″x 4″ image): 6KX
Instrument: FEI XL 30S SEM
Submitted by: Andre Mayer
Affiliation: University of Wuppertal