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The 61st International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication
23rd EIPBN Bizarre/Beautiful Micrograph Contest – Now Open for Entries
“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 should 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 2017, 81 entries were submitted. The entries came from: Australia, Hong Kong, United States, Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada, Germany, and Austria.
The judges were:
- Don Tennant – Cornell
- Shida Tan – Intel
- Marina Drndic – University of Pennsylvania
The Judges exercised their prerogative to liberally interpret the award categories, and change the micrograph titles if it pleased them.
There were eight awards from the judges:
• Grand Prize
• Best Electron Micrograph
• Best Ion Micrograph
• Best Photon Micrograph
• 3-Beamer’s Choice
• Most Presidential
• Most Pasta-Like
• Thank You Don Award
There were 5 honorable mentions also given.
All 2017 Entries (with original titles)
BEST ELECTRON BEAM MICROGRAPH
Title: The 7 dwarfs waiting for Snow White
Description: The 7 dwarfs are eagerly waiting for Snow White, all carrying a sweet gift: Snow White loves marshmallows!
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 7.7KX
Instrument: Zeiss LEO 1560
Submitted by: Corinna Kaspar
Affiliation: IMS-CHIPS Stuttgart (Germany)
BEST ION BEAM MICROGRAPH
Title: Blowing in the Wind
Description: Ursula the sea witch has taken more victims (Disney’s The Little Mermaid)
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 3.73KX
Instrument: FEI Novalab 600, Dual-Beam System
Submitted by: Michelle Halsted
Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Lab (Tennessee, North America)
BEST PHOTON BEAM MICROGRAPH
Title: The Emerald City
Description: Several pillars magnified by a water droplet on a 3D printed artificial lotus leaf
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 0.5KX
Instrument: Colemeter Digital Microscope
Submitted by: Yuanrui Li
Affiliation: University of Southern California
MOST PRESIDENTIAL MICROGRAPH
Title: Trump Toupee
Description: Made of carbon nanotubes.
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 2.8KX
Instrument: Zeiss Orion NanoFab
Submitted by: Deying Xia
Affiliation: Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC (Peabody, MA, USA)
MOST PASTA-LIKE MICROGRAPH
Title: Carnivore Smallatoni
Description: Electron beam induced deposition. Hollow tubes in a neat rotationally symmetric configuration. Scaled up a factor 10^9, this would make a nice skyscraper. (Swimming pool, roof gardens and elevator should be added to ramp up the prizes for the penthouse suites of course.)
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 20KX
Instrument: Nova NanoLab 600i
Submitted by: Niels Noordzij
Affiliation: TU Delft. (Netherlands)
GRAND PRIZE
Title: I’m Melting
Description: Polymer left behind after a RIE cryo etch.
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 3KX
Instrument: Zeiss Merlin SEM
Submitted by: Dale Hensley
Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Lab (Oak Ridge, TN North America)
3-BEAMER’S CHOICE AWARD
Title: Nano-Space Shuttle
Description: Two-photon polymerization based 3D space shuttle along with fuel tank and two booster rockets and all required connections at nanoscale.
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 596X
Instrument: Zeiss ULTRA-55 FEG SEM
Submitted by: Dr. Debashis Chanda
Affiliation: Univ. of Central Florida (Florida, North America)
THANK YOU DON AWARD
Title: Don Tennant 3-Beams Money Pirate Master
Description: Due to DOE cuts Stefano couldn’t afford a plaque
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): ??KX
Instrument: Molecular Foundry FIB
Submitted by: Stefano Cabrini
Affiliation: Molecular Foundry
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: Lord Voldemort Being Mooned
Description: I am Voldemort, the Dark Lord of nano-magic world!
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 1.2KX
Instrument: Hitachi S-4800
Submitted by: Yifei Wang
Affiliation: Univ. Of Southern California
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: Milk Bottles
Description: Positively tapered pillar on Si.
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 61 KX
Instrument: Zeiss Ultra SEM
Submitted by: Ripon Dey
Affiliation: University of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON, Canada)
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: Eat your Greens
Description: Iron-doped apatite nanoparticles dispersed amongst unknown inclusions.
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 25KX
Instrument: Hitachi S4700
Submitted by: Jessica M. Andriolo
Affiliation: Montana Tech (Montana)
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: Pork Rind
Description: Something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wing can ultimately cause a tsunami on the wafer.
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 1205X
Instrument: FEI Verios 460L
Submitted by: I-Te Chen
Affiliation: North Carolina State Univ. (Raleigh, NC)
HONORABLE MENTION
Title: Chocolate Chip Cookies Surfing
Description: T-NIL; combination of micro- and nanostructures in SU-8
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 1293X
Instrument: FEI/Philips XL 30S FEG
Submitted by: Iwan Lorenzen
Affiliation: University of Wuppertal (Germany)