Selected the winners of the CERIC Science Picture Contest 2018!

The winners of the 3rd edition of the CERIC Science Picture Contest have been selected!

David Pervan: 3D Printed Copper Surface
The microscope image shows the surface of a 3D printed copper surface. During fabrication, occasionally surface oxides form, which are visible under the microscope as a blueish glimmer.

 

Alessia Matruglio: Don’t let me go
Scanning electron microscope image of a broken strip of suspended graphene.

 

Andrea Locatelli: Graphene Witch
In the image, the edge of a graphene flake on an iridium crystal is imaged using low energy electron microscopy. Field of view is 10 microns.