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The 63rd International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication
The 25th EIPBN Bizarre/Beautiful Micrograph Contest is now closed. Please see all 2019 award winners and entries below.
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 2019, 56 entries were submitted. The entries came from: Australia, Canada, The Netherlands, Spain,and the United States.
The judges were:
- Shida Tan – Intel
- Larry Muray – KLA
- James Spallas – KLA
There were seven awards:
- Grand Prize
- Best Electron Micrograph
- Best Ion Micrograph
- Best Photon Micrograph
- Most Phil-Harmonic Micrograph
- Most Bizarre
- 3Beamers Choice
There were also 8 honorable mention awards given.
To download a PDF with all 56 entries, click HERE.
Grand Prize Micrograph
Title: Needles and the damage done
Description: Tilted Cross-Sectional SEM image of an Alignment Mark containing silicon structures in the etched areas, fabricated using Reactive-Ion Etching process
Horizontal Field Width: 70.6 µm
Instrument: FEI Nova NanoSEM
Submitted by: Maha Yusuf
Affiliation: Stanford University, CA
Best Electron Micrograph
Title: Micro Christmas Morning
Description: Poor adhesion during pattern transfer of metallic nanometer-thick features actually can give ideas for next Xmas?
Magnification (3″x4″ image): 10KX
Instrument: LEO 1530 Zeiss
Submitted by: Gemma Rius
Affiliation: IMB-CNM-CSIC (Spain)
Best Ion Micrograph
Title: Beta Deathstar
Description: Sapphire sphere
Magnification (3″x4″ image): 1.2KX
Instrument: Zeiss He Ion microscope
Submitted by: Mark Mondol
Affiliation: MIT
Best Photon Micrograph
Title: Best Boson
Description: Far-field intensity produced by a diffractive optical element
Magnification: 40 (3″x4″ image)
Instrument: AndorZyla4.2 cMOS
Submitted by: Sergey Gorelick
Affiliation: Monash University, Australia
Most Phil-Harmonic Micrograph
Title: MicroTonal Xylophone
Description: Unknown vibration disturbed the waveguide writing by Nanoscribe3D, and was recorded in the resist.
Magnification (3″x4″ image): 1.8KX
Instrument: Hitachi 8230 SEM
Submitted by: JiangdongDeng (JD)
Affiliation: CNS at Harvard University
Most Bizarre Micrograph
Title: Merlot by the Femtoliter
Description: Polystyrene spheres on the photoresist pattern.
Magnification (3″x4″ image): 2 KX
Instrument: FEIVerios460
Submitted by: ZhirenLuo
Affiliation: North Carolina State University
3Beamers Choice
Title: MicroTonal Xylophone
Description: Unknown vibration disturbed the waveguide writing by Nanoscribe3D, and was recorded in the resist.
Magnification (3″x4″ image): 1.8KX
Instrument: Hitachi 8230 SEM
Submitted by: JiangdongDeng (JD)
Affiliation: CNS at Harvard University
Honorable Mention
Title: Imperial TIE fighters attacking an innocent Minnesotan micro-snowman
Description: Lamellas were ion-milled in fluorescent polysterenespheres
Magnification: 3.3KX (3″x4″ image)
Instrument: ThermoFisher Helios Ux-G4
Submitted by: Sergey Gorelick
Affiliation: Monash University, Australia
Title: Micro-Mango
Description: Microlensmilled in glass with a focused Xebeam. A 2D grating was then etched into its surface
Magnification: 5KX (3″x4″ image)
Instrument: ThermoFisherHelios Ux-G4
Submitted by: Sergey Gorelick
Affiliation: Monash University, Australia
Title: Larry’s Favorite (He likes puppies)
Description: When you lose control of your puppy…
Magnification: (3″x4″ image): 1.5KX
Instrument: FEI Verios460L
Submitted by: Yi-An Chen
Affiliation: North Carolina State University
Title: Pre-Brexit
Description: Europe map patterned using Electron beam induced deposition of Platinum. This is in 3D, the heights differ according to altitudes!
Magnification (3″x4″ image): 100KX
Instrument: Nova Nanolab650 SEM
Submitted by: Gaudhaman Jeevanandam
Affiliation: TU Delft, The Netherlands
Title: Into the Abyss
Description: The SU8 pattern.
Magnification (3″x4″ image): 2 KX
Instrument: FEIVerios460
Submitted by: ZhirenLuo
Affiliation: North Carolina State University
Title: Semiconductor Dunes
Description: High temperature treatment of semiconductor is always risky, yet it can provide beautiful landscapes of a micrometer world
Magnification (3″x4″ image): 25KX
Instrument: LEO 1530 Zeiss
Submitted by: Gemma Rius
Affiliation: IMB-CNM-CSIC (Spain)
Title: Thor’s E-Beam Lithography
Description: Copper / oxygen dihydride core-shell mm-scale nanotube slightly over-etched by naturally-occurring high energy beam of electrons
Magnification (3″x4″ image): 5X
Instrument: iPhone XS
Submitted by: James Owen
Affiliation: Zyvex Labs, Thunderstorm Alley, TX
Title: Tubing on the Mississippi somewhere
Description: A large river runs through a town filled with roads.
Magnification (3″x4″ image): 1.5KX
Instrument: TescanMIRA3
Submitted by: Lane Huston
Affiliation: Montana Technological University; Butte, Montana.