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2010 FEI Image Contest Monthly Winners

The 2010 FEI Owner Image Contest is in full swing with incredible nano-scale images submitted by FEI instrument owners and users from around the globe.

See our monthly winners below, or click on a link to see all the images submitted by month in a short  video clip.

July Winners

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Polymethyl Methacrylate
Trapped tennis ball
Image courtesy of Urszula Stachewicz
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Instrument: Inspect Family
Magnification: 3000x
Voltage: 10 kV
Detector: SE
Spot: 3.5 nA
Working Distance: 9.9 mm
Description:
Electrospun polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA) fibres.

June Winners

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Platinum Nano-Wire
Clifton Suspension Bridge
Image courtesy of Peter Heard
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Instrument: FIB 200/500/600/800 Series
Magnification: 50,000x
HFW: 6.08 μm
Voltage: 30kV
Detector: CDM-E
Spot: 1pA
Description:
A platinum nano-wire deposited and milled to about 50nm diameter for use as a gas sensor.
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CNTs Coated With Nanobeads
CNTs Coated with Nanobeads
Image courtesy of Reggie Sandoval
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Instrument: Nova DualBeam Family
Magnification: 3500x
HFW: 73.1um
Voltage: 10kV
Detector: SE ETD
Spot: 5.0 nA
Working Distance: 5mm
Description:
Carbon nanotubes that are grouped together by coating with nanobeads.

May Winners

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Crystal of Sugar
Crystal of sugar.
Image courtesy of Francisco Rangel
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Instrument: Quanta DualBeam Family
Magnification: 1865x
HFW: 159 µm
Vacuum: 300 Pa
Voltage: 20 kV
Detector: GSED
Spot: 3.0 nA
Working Distance: 14.8 mm
Description:
Crystal of refined sugar submitted to hydration/dehydration conditions.
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Photovoltaic
Silver Avalanche
Image courtesy of Alyssa Calabro
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Instrument: Quanta DualBeam Family
Magnification: 5000 x
HFW: 5 μm
Vacuum: 2E-6 Torr
Voltage: 30 kV
Detector: ETD
Spot: 3.0 nA
Working Distance: 5.3 mm
Description:
Photovoltaic cell silicon-silver junction, 40 degree tilt

April Winners

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Platinum Nanorods on Silicon
Platinum Nanorods on Silicon
Image courtesy of Harald Plank
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Instrument: Nova Family
Magnification: 50,000x
HFW: 5.12 µm
Vacuum: 8x10^-6 mbar
Voltage: 5 keV
Detector: TLD
Spot: 98 pA
Working Distance: 5.2 mm
Description:
The image shows an array of freestanding Pt nanorods on silicon fabricated by electron beam induced deposition from the gas phase. The individual rods reveal a base diameter of about 80 nm and a hight of 1 µm. The wavy appearance was actually an artifact but too nice to be ignored. Image was post-colorized by Margit Wallner (FELMI).
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Sperm Tails
Spaghetti Junction
Image courtesy of Clifford Barnes
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Instrument: Quanta Family
Magnification: 600x
HFW: 500um
Vacuum: 3 Torr
Voltage: 12.5 kV
Detector: GSED
Spot: 4.0 nA
Working Distance: 8.3 mm
Description:
Image of sperm tails tangled up in a seminiferous tubule

March Winners

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ScAl
ScAl
Image courtesy of Sergei Remennik
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Instrument: Tecnai Family
Voltage: 200
Spot: 7
Description:
ScAl phase LACBED
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Human Tooth
Human Tooth
Image courtesy of FRANCISCO RANGEL
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Instrument: Quanta Family
Magnification: 8579x
HFW: 29.8 μm
Vacuum: 9.4 e-7 mbar
Voltage: 10 kV
Detector: MIX: SE (channel 1) and BSE (channel 2)
Spot: 3.0 nA
Working Distance: 11.0
Description:
Dentinal tubules viewed after demineralization using etching with 37% phosphoric acid for 15 seconds and 10% sodium hypochlorite for 1 minute.

February Winners

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FIB-Patterned Silicon
FIB-patterned silicon
Image courtesy of Alexey Kolomiytsev
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Instrument: Nova DualBeam Family
Magnification: 20,000x
HFW: 12.8 μm
Voltage: 15 kV
Detector: SE
Working Distance: 5.1
Description:
There are two membranes with nanosized holes in silicon, produced by focused ion beam milling. The total width of each membrane is about 150 nm. The diameter of big holes is about 400 nm and small holes - 150 nm. Such structures can be applied in systems on chip.
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Hydrothermal Worm
Hydrothermal worm
Image courtesy of Philippe Crassous
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Instrument: Quanta Family
Magnification: 525x
HFW: 568μm
Vacuum: 10-4 mbar
Voltage: 10 kV
Detector: SE
Spot: 3 nA
Working Distance: 10 mm
Description:
Hydrothermal Worm marine organism imaged on a Quanta SEM