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.

Courtesy of Alexey Kolomiytsev

Taken by DualBeam microscope

Urchin-like zinc oxide

Courtesy of Amal Al Ghaferi

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Photoresist dots acted as a mask during etching of a silicon oxide layer. After subsequent etching steps intro the silicon and the final photoresist stripping, these shapes emerged.

Courtesy of Frans Holthuysen

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

Ceramic particles imaged at low vacuum in Ultra-High Resolution mode.

Courtesy of Paul Gunning, Smith and Nephew

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

1-micron bacteria and EPC from copper ore leaching process (SE image treated on Picasa)

Courtesy of Mr. Rogerio Kwitko , VALE

Taken by Inspect microscope

Image of a Morpho butterfly wing. There has been arguments as to how the Morpho butterfly presents such a beautiful color. Is it from Pigments or is it Diffraction of light.

Courtesy of Gerald Poirier

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

This Arabidopsis leaf was taken from a seedling grown in total darkness. Note the crystalline prolamellar bodies within the etioplasts.

Courtesy of Ms. Pat Kysar , University of California, Davis

Taken by TEM microscope

Zinc oxide nano-rods grown using Chemical Bath Deposition method.[Acknowledgement: Prof.M.S.R.Rao and Joy Narayanan, Research scholar ]

Courtesy of Kannan .D

Taken by Quanta 3D microscope

Zoomed in view of a TSV array.

Courtesy of Sematech

Taken by Vion Plasma microscope

Bi-hydrate calcium sulphate cooked to a temperature of 130 ° C and 200 ° C. The remaining water is removed to obtain anhydrous calcium sulphate (CaSO4) with hexagonal structure.

Courtesy of Marco Casinelli

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

The V400ACE creates a well.

Taken by V400ACE microscope

Graphite Sheets by CARBAJO MARIA Graphite sheets. This material is the main component of the tip of a pencil.

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Newborn Spore of the Bacillus Thuringiensis subsp and specific crystals. Spore kurstaki strain H1. This spore has just emerged from vegetative bacteria.

Courtesy of Natalia Shevlyagina

Taken by Quanta 3D microscope

Sensorial organs (mechanoreceptors) present on the apex of the abdomen of the first-instar larva of a Flanged Bombardier Beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Ozaenini)

Courtesy of Prof. Andrea Di Giulio , University Roma Tre, Department of Science

Taken by Helios NanoLab microscope

Calcium Carbonate Crystals

Courtesy of Gokhan ERDOGAN

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Xylem vessel in plant wood

Courtesy of Mr. Wadah Mahmoud , The University of Jordan

Taken by Inspect microscope

A: Egg hoverflies (Diptera Syrphidae) (150x) B: The same egg after hatching (145x) C: Details of the surface(500x) D: Details of the surface(1,800x)

Courtesy of Riccardo Antonelli

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Zinc Oxide Crystals on carbon tape

Courtesy of Mrs. DUYGU OGUZ KILIC , Izmir Institute of Technology- Center for Materials Research

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Deprocessing 1x node Contacts zoom, Helios G4 PFIB

Taken by Helios G4 PFIB microscope

Surface and Cross-Section view of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 nanoballs grown on porous alumina membrane.

Courtesy of Eberhardt Josue Friedrich Kernahan

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Diatom frustule

Courtesy of Ekaterina Nikitina

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Partially dried red blood cells clotted on the cotton fibres of a gauze wound dressing. Imaged at low vacuum to avoid charging of cotton fibres.

Courtesy of Paul Gunning

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

Courtesy of Fraunhofer-Munich

Taken by Vion Plasma microscope

Copper metal with sulfur and chromium

Courtesy of Laura Schlimgen

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

The silicon nanopillars are fabricated through  combining two techniques,  a gold mask made by nanosphere lithography  and a Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching of Silicon. The structures shown in the image look like the Amazon River, but at the nanoscale.

Courtesy of Marcos Rosado , Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia

Taken by Inspect microscope