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Physicists reveal first
“nanoflowers”
22 July 2004
Would You Like a Bouquet of Nanoflowers?
Today, you're going to see some very beautiful scientific pictures. And
you'll ask yourself if science and art are far from each other. The winner
of a photographic contest recently organized by the Department of
Engineering of the University of Cambridge is Ghim Wei Ho, a PhD student in
nanotechnology, for absolutely fabulous pictures of what she calls 'nanoflowers'
or 'nanotrees.' Ghim Wei's work involves making new types of materials based
on nanotechnology and these flowers are an example of such a new material.
These nanostructures of SiC are grown from droplets of gallium on a silicon
surface. Not only these images are stunning, they also show cutting-edge
nanotechnology research. And these nanoflowers will be used in new exciting
applications, such as water repellant coatings or new types of solar cells.
Nano flower bouquet (Credit: Ghim Wei Ho)
 Nano bouquet (Credit: Ghim Wei Ho)
 Nano sunflower (Credit: Ghim Wei
Ho)
 Nanoflower on flower (Credit: Ghim
Wei Ho)
 Nano trees (Credit: Ghim Wei Ho)
Here is a link to the winning image. Here is
a link to the full paper .
[Note: access to this paper is free, but you need an account at the
Institute of Physics.] |