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MNE 2009 Micro Nano Graph Contest

 

“ A good Micrograph is worth more than the MegaByte it consumes.”

 

Entries Presented by Dr. John Randall – Zyvex Labs
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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 2009, 47 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:

Kurt Ronse – MNE
Toshiyuki Horiuchi – MNC
Frank Schellenberg– EIPBN

The Awards are
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
The judges also selected 6 Honorable Mentions.

All 2009 Entries (with original titles)

Judges exercised their prerogative to change the micrograph titlesif it pleased them.


First Prize

Title: Nano St. Tropez

Description:
The exposure dose was just enough to fully develop the resist in the intersections of the cross-grating. The electroplating was therefore able to start at the intersections. The metal (gold) continued to be deposited and at the same time filled the underexposed lines between the intersections.

Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 53.59 k X
Instrument: Zeiss SUPRA 55V
Submitted by: Sergey Gorelick
Affiliation: Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland


Second Prize

Title: Delirium Tremens

Description:
Stressed cobalt layer

 

Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 650 X
Instrument:
Philips XL 30
Submitted by: Michael Häffner
Affiliation:
University of Tuebingen


Third Prize

Title: Existential Snowscape with Rabbit

Description:
SiO2 like particles did release from the surface and showed up somewhere else on a 5nm thick chrome deposited area. (quartz wafer)

Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 50 kX
Instrument: Olympus FEI XL 40 SEM
Submitted by:
Hans Buijk / Robert van de Laar
Affiliation:
Philips Research – MiPlaza – Thin Film Facilities


HONORABLE MENTION 

Title: “ Defenestrated flower

Description: Carbon Nanotube Microflower

Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 200 X

Instrument: XL 30 FEG SEM
Submitted by: Michael De Volder
Affiliation:
UMich-IMEC-KULeuven


HONORABLE MENTION 

Title: Puppy After lightning (10kV)

Description:
Single-walled carbon nanotube synthesis after a funny deposition of the catalyst particles.

Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 40.00 k X

Instrument: 1530 LEO SEM
Submitted by: Iñigo Martin-Fernandez
Affiliation:
IMB-CNM-CSIC


HONORABLE MENTION

Title: Skeleton Coast

Description:
We wanted to create micropillars on si substrate using colloidal particles and BOSCH process, but it went wrong.

Magnification: 2200 X
Instrument: Jeol JSM-7401 FEG SEM
Submitted by: Kosmas Ellinas
Affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics, NCSR “Demokritos”


HONORABLE MENTION 

Movie-11

Title: Nano Tongue Lashing (video – Refresh to see again)

Description:
Image sequence of developped nanostructures with increasing dot exposure dose. Nanopillars start forming in the center due to PMMA overexposure.

Magnification: (3″x4″ image): ?.? X
Instrument: Raith 150 Lithography system

Submitted by: Sebastian Gautsch
Affiliation: Institute of Microengineering, EPFL


 

HONORABLE MENTION

Title: Embracing Nano Tsunamis

Description:
Very dense grown carbon nanotubes around an AFM tip

Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 20 kX
Instrument: Philips XL 30
Submitted by: Michael Häffner

Affiliation: University of Tuebingen


 

HONORABLE MENTION

Title: Pommes Frites

Description:
Vertical carbon nanotubes after growth in a turbulent gas flow .

Magnification: 6492 X
Instrument: Philips XL 30 SEM
Submitted by: Michael Häffner
Affiliation: Universität Tübingen

All 2009 Entries (with original titles)