Nano Image Award

Nano Image Award 2021

Fragile worm skin
Scanning electron microscopy image of the skin (horny keratin scales) of slowworm (Anguis fragilis)
Massimo Trifone and Sina Saxer
NanoLab, University of Applied Sciences and Arts (FHNW)

Christmascandles Nia2021 Manuelkraus — **Christmas candles**
Scanning electron microscopy image of artifact structures on a hot-embossed polymer film
**Manuel Kraus**
CSEM Center Muttenz

2021nanoimage Viridis1 — **Poseidon's net**
Single electron resonances in a double-quantum dot measured by means of spectroscopy of a superconducting resonator.
**Alessia Pally and Jann Ungerer**
Department of Physics, University of Basel

Nano Image Award 2020

Christmas Star Surface topology of a de-glaring foil, used for lighting solutions. The characterization was done with a confocal laser scanning microscope, and parts of the repeated pattern are recolored.
The image is the results of a collaboration between CSEM Center Muttenz & INKA, FHNW.
Tamara Aderneuer
SNI PhD Student Micro-Nano Optics, CSEM Muttenz

Selen Manioglu Afm Image — **Genome tangles**
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) topograhy image of a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA)
Brightly colored and entangled thread-like structures are the dsDNA fragments. The background is the freshly cleaved mica onto which the DNA fragments were adsorbed. Scale bar, 180 nm.
**Selen Manioglu**
PhD student ETH Zürich/D-BSSE, Biophysics Lab

Nanoimage Scalebar1 — **Gate Array**
Scanning electron microscope image of parts of a spin qubit device which was fabricated by means of electron beam lithography.
It is colored in rainbow colors, because the structures arrange themselves at a distance a little smaller than the wavelength of visible light and show different colors depending on the viewing angle.
**Jann Hinnerk Ungerer**
SNI PhD Student Department of Physics, University of Basel

Inka Mask Fhnw1 — **INKA Mask**
Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy image of varnish on a PET foil, casted from a laser structured steel master Scale: 280 µm x 210 µm x 16 µm
Results of a collaboration between the ALPS (Bern University of Applied Sciences) and INKA, FHNW
**Dr. Laurent Feuz**
Institute of Polymer Nanotechnology (INKA), FHNW

Nano Image Award 2019

Lepicythara
Not really Nano but still very small and extremly attractive: a tiny snail from the genus Neogastropoda
Daniel Mathys, Nano Imaging Lab, Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel

**Nanoparty**
Drug-loaded microparticles from polycaprolactone produced by electrospraying in the Nano Argovia project PERIONANO
Fabiola Costanzo, Oliver Germershaus, Jasmin Föhr, Hochschule für Life Sciences, FHNW

**Quantum Sunrise**
Electronic measurement of an 20nm quantum dot in a nanowire.
Christian Jünger, Departement Physik, Universität Basel

Nano Image Award 2018

Tulips in love
Scanning electron microscopic image of a silicon grating. This X-ray grating was realized by using metal assisted chemical etching within the Nano Argovia Project NANOCREATE.
- Lucia Romano ETH-Zürich & Paul Scherrer Institut

Rose Daniel Mathys — **The beauty of catalysis**
Scanning electron microscopic image of a catalyst for the production maleix anhydride (magnification 9000x)
**- Daniel Mathys** Nano Imaging Lab, SNI, University of Basel

Crystal Andreas — **Artificial crystals in two dimensions**
Illustration of the periodic potential structure that forms when a single layer of carbon atoms (Graphene) is combined with two layers of Boron Nitride, one on top, one at the bottom, at different angles. Effects of such artificial crystal structures can be found in electronic devices fabricated in the Nano-electronics group at the University of Basel.
**- Andreas Baumgartner** Department of Physics, University of Basel

Nano Image Award 2017

Corinne Mattle, Student: REM-image taken during the block course at the Nano Imaging Lab.

Padeste Nanomembrane 01 Klein — **Calestino Padeste, PSI:** A perforated 200nm thick silicon nitride membrane that broke; size: 900 μm y 900 μm; size of the perforations: 10 μm x 10 μm.

Cover Pnas Final 1 2 — **Lorenzo Sborgi, Biozentrum:** The atomic-resolution structure of the ASC filament was obtained by combining experimental data from solid-state NMR spectroscopy and cryo-electron microscopy in a single structure calculation.

Nano Image Award 2016

Marietta Batzer, Dominik Rohner (Physics Department, University of Basel) Winter landscape. Diamond surface after etching with a plasma (rectangular paddles can be broken out and used as samles)

figure-2_rs_gulibusitan-abulizi — Gulibusitan Abulizi (Physics Department, University of Basel) Oxidized polycrystalline copper foil after chemical vapor deposition growth of a monolayer hexagonal boron nitride on its surface

starcarpet — Rémy Pawlak (Physics Department, University of Basel) Star carpet. Self-assembly of HCB molecules on Au(111)

Nano Image Award 2015

Elise Aeby Droplets on a microfuidic device (30 mm).

Walliser_Roche_Marcel-Image (4)-500_379 — Roché Marcel Walliser Kieselalge/Celite aus Kombinationsexperiment: Hematite/Rost als Photoanodenmaterial für Solarzellen zur Wasserspaltung.

idrissi_2-500_338 — Mohamed El Idrissi: Supramolecular Pyrene Derivative Nanorods Colored SEM micrograph of nanorods formed with pyrene derivative, Scale bar: 2µm.

Figure-2_Gulibusitan Abulizi-500_392 — Gulibusitan Abulizi: A real-color optical microscope image of an hexagonal boron nitride flake on a silicon oxide substrate The observed optical colors are due to interference effect, which can be used to determine the hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) flake thickness. Here, the observed color progresses from violet to blue, to green, to yellow, to orange, and to red, while the hBN flake thickness increases.

Nano Image Award 2014

Virus-imprinted nanoparticles, Patrick Shahgaldian (FHNW), colorised by Martin Oeggerli (micronaut.ch). It is a color SEM micrograph of our virus-imprinted nanoparticles

Rainbow_caught_in_water Kopie-500_400 — We caught the rainbow, Celestino Padeste (PSI) Water contact angle measurement on a nanostructured nickel master (5 cm in diameter) functionalized with an anti-sticking coating. The structured area consists of an array of pillars of 300 nm diameter with 600 nm period. (Collaboration FHNW/PSI/EULITHA/Applied Microswiss)

Graphene Mosaic_KT2014 Kopie-500_392 — Graphene Mosaic, Kishan Thodkar (University of Basel) The image was taken after the Chemical Vapour Deposition process of graphene on copper foil. After the growth, the foil was heated to 200°C for a minute to optically visualize regions of copper foil uncovered by graphene.

Nano Image Award 2010

Patrick Biro Silicon oxide micro cages for cells

Daniel_Mathys_500-375 — Daniel Mathys Synthetic Opal Scanning electron microscopy Image Mag 5000x by 4 to 5 inch

clemens_roessler (2) — Clemens Roessler Current through a one-dimensional constriction within a two-dimensional electron gas

Nano Image Award 2010

Jérôme Wiss Picture taken with STM at room temperature. It shows a hexagonal assembly of a porphyrin (called TV151) on Ag111. The picture has dimensions of 14.8nm*14.8nm. The pores are filled also with TV151 that is probably rotating in the pores

Weiss_Markus — Markus Weiss Dark Field Image of sample that consists of a Carbon Nanotube Josephson Junction in an engineered electromagnetic environment.

Wang_Li_Nanoflowers and Nanoleaves — Wang Li, CSEM SEM images of the controlled positioning of Silver nanoparticles, which form nanoflowers and nanoleaves.

Vikash3 — Malik Vikash Nanoparticles synthesized in our laboratory.

Vikash2 — Malik Vikash Nanoparticles synthesized in our laboratory.

Rothen_Barbara — Barbara Rothen, Uni Bern (Gruppe Gehr) Fluoreszenzmarkierte Liposomen (rot) mit einem Nanopolystyrolpartikel (gruen) innerhalb der Liposomen.

Stampfer_Christoph_3D_Graphene_SET — Christoph Stampfer, ETHZ 3D Scanning force microscope image of a grapheme quantum dot device.

Stoehr_Meike_2008-10-28-77K_059_trimer-zoom_b — Meike Stöhr Porphyrine auf Cu(111). 3 Porphyrine, die sich zu einem Trimer zusammengelagert haben.

Stoehr_Meike_2008-10-28-77K_060_trimer_d — Meike Stöhr Porphyrine auf Cu(111). 2 Porphyrine, die sich zu einem Trimer zusammengelagert haben.

Malik Vikash Nanoparticles synthesized in our laboratory.

Przybylska_Joanna_CSEM — Joanna Przybylska, CSEM Femtoliter droplets deposited by NADIS.

Popa2 — Ana-Maria Popa Open_sesam is the in-situu monitoring by AFM in liquid media of the conformation change of a responsive polymer covalently grafted to a nanoporous surface upon a temperature sweep. Nano_english gardens is an SEM image of a micro-nanostructured surface fabricated by block-copolymer assisted lithography.

Minder_Nikolas_Graphene_Hybrid_Device — Nicholas Minder Scanning electron micrograph of a hybrid graphene device, which was fabricated during my master's thesis in the group of Christian Schönenberger (supervisor: Jelena Trbovic). The device consists of ferromagnetic (Cobalt, yellow) and superconducting electrodes (Aluminium, red) over mechanically exfoliated graphene (blue) on a 300nm SiO2/Si wafer (gray). The electrodes were fabricated by electron beam lithography and thermal evaporation.

Loparic_Marko_Chromosomes — Marko Loparic Individual female chromosomes (from 6th to 13th chromosomes) isolated from blood and imaged with the AFM. Single GTG bands (chromatin condensates as bright bands) are detected without additional staining. Moreover, nanometer substructures of single chromosomes (hairy edges) are clearly resolved. Chromosomes are isolated in the group of Dr. Kathrin Hoffmann (University Hospital, Charité Berlin).

Loparic_Marko_Native cartilage — Marko Loparic Surface of the native cartilage imaged in quasi physiological conditions (PBS buffer) without staining or fixation. Collagen network is clearly resolved as rod like structures surrounded by aggregations of the proteoglycans.

Lehmann_Andrea_UniBern — Andrea Lehmann, Uni Bern (Gruppe Gehr) Makrophagen (weiss, transparent, markiert ist das Aktin-Zytoskelett) mit intrazellulaeren Eisenplatin-Nanopartikeln (rot, fluoreszenzmarkierte Huelle).

Klein_Mona_CSEM_mkl_b019 — Mona Klein, CSEM Si pillars etched with a Bosch-like process using a SiOx mask patterned by self-assembled polystyrene beads stick their heads together due to charging in the SEM.

Klein_Mona_CSEM_mkl_36018 — Mona Klein, CSEM "Waferscale-production of Bienenwachskerzen - just in time for christmas" Also Si pillars, etched with a modified procedure. The "flame" is due to residues of the polystyrene beads which where used to pattern the SiOx hard mask.

Klein_Mona_CSEM_mkl_36016 — Mona Klein, CSEM "Waferscale-production of Bienenwachskerzen - just in time for christmas" Also Si pillars, etched with a modified procedure. The "flame" is due to residues of the polystyrene beads which where used to pattern the SiOx hard mask.

Kita_K_02 — Katarzyna Kita Fluorescent polymer templated by a lipid.

Itel_Fabian — Fabian Itel A fluorescence light microscope picture of a fluorescently labelled polymer-lipid mixtur monolayer.

Kaufmann_Andr_SNI — André Kaufmann Die Bilder zeigen Felder von Nanotürmen mit einem Durchmesser von 170 nm und einer Höhe von 250 nm. Die Türme selber bestehen aus SiO2 (oberer Teil) und Si (unterer Teil) wobei sich die Grenzfläche auf einer Höhe von 60 nm befindet. Die Felder wurden gezielt mit einem SFM manipuliert um gewisse Strukturen abbilden zu können. Das Bild wurde im Anschluss an die Manipulation mit derselben Technik aufgenommen. Um die geschriebenen Strukturen sehen zu können, sollte man die Bilder ein wenig aus der Ferne betrachten. PS: Nebst PSI, SNI und IU (seinerzeit für meine Freundin geschrieben) hätte ich auch noch NCCR und LMN im Angebot.

Kaufmann_Andre_IU — André Kaufmann Die Bilder zeigen Felder von Nanotürmen mit einem Durchmesser von 170 nm und einer Höhe von 250 nm. Die Türme selber bestehen aus SiO2 (oberer Teil) und Si (unterer Teil) wobei sich die Grenzfläche auf einer Höhe von 60 nm befindet. Die Felder wurden gezielt mit einem SFM manipuliert um gewisse Strukturen abbilden zu können. Das Bild wurde im Anschluss an die Manipulation mit derselben Technik aufgenommen. Um die geschriebenen Strukturen sehen zu können, sollte man die Bilder ein wenig aus der Ferne betrachten. PS: Nebst PSI, SNI und IU (seinerzeit für meine Freundin geschrieben) hätte ich auch noch NCCR und LMN im Angebot.

Kaufmann_Andre_PSI — André Kaufmann Die Bilder zeigen Felder von Nanotürmen mit einem Durchmesser von 170 nm und einer Höhe von 250 nm. Die Türme selber bestehen aus SiO2 (oberer Teil) und Si (unterer Teil) wobei sich die Grenzfläche auf einer Höhe von 60 nm befindet. Die Felder wurden gezielt mit einem SFM manipuliert um gewisse Strukturen abbilden zu können. Das Bild wurde im Anschluss an die Manipulation mit derselben Technik aufgenommen. Um die geschriebenen Strukturen sehen zu können, sollte man die Bilder ein wenig aus der Ferne betrachten. PS: Nebst PSI, SNI und IU (seinerzeit für meine Freundin geschrieben) hätte ich auch noch NCCR und LMN im Angebot.

Kita_K_01 — Katarzyna Kita Lipid stars on the water surface, surrounded by a polymer matrix.

Christian Held SEM picture of tungstenoxide crystals on EPOXY glue. While examine the tungsten etched AFM/STM tips these nice structures were found. I admit not really nano, but still very nice.

Gnecco_Enrico — Enrico Gnecco "Lateral force map of the superstructure formed by an ultrathin KBr film deposited on NaCl" The frame size is 10 nm and the image was published in Phys. Rev. B 78 (2008) 045432 (authors: S. Maier, E. Gnecco, A. Baratoff, R. Bennewitz, and E. Meyer)

Fromm_Vig_01 — Katharina Fromm/Tünde Vig Nano Beach Party

Boz_Serpil3 — Serpil Boz STM image of a BOC protected phenyl derivative on a Cu(111) surface.

Boz_Serpil2 — Serpil Boz STM image of a BOC protected phenyl derivative on a Cu(111) surface.

Boz_Serpil1 — Serpil Boz STM image of a BOC protected phenyl derivative on a Cu(111) surface.

Internal Nanopic Award 2005

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