The picture above shows cork structure. It is composed of suberin, a hydrophobic substance that has impermeable, buoyant, elastic, and fire retardant properties. Cork's bubble-form structure and natural fire retardant make it suitable for acoustic and thermal insulation in house walls, floors, ceilings and facades. Cork's elasticity combined with its near-impermeability makes it suitable as a material for bottle stoppers, especially for wine bottles. Cork stoppers represent about 60% of all cork based production.

Courtesy of Mr. Marcos Rosado , Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

A cleaning cross-section mill pattern of 50 x 50 μm is used t clean up the surface of the TSV section closer inspection (60 nA, 17 minutes).

Courtesy of FEI

Taken by Vion Plasma microscope

A ZnO nanostructure produced by chemical vapor deposition.

Courtesy of Dr. Joern Leuthold , Institute of Materials Physics, WWU Muenster

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

FIB cut on PES (Polyethersulfone) filtration Membrane

Courtesy of Reingruber Herbert

Taken by DualBeam microscope

Silicon nanopillars produced by micromasking effect during RIE process

Courtesy of Raul Perez

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

Gold nanoparticle, used as a marker in electron tomography.

Courtesy of Mr. Michał Rawski , Jagiellonian University

Taken by Krios microscope

Copper and germanium nanostructures on silicon substrate

Courtesy of Ralf Müller

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

Fresh/unfixed leaf of Mint.

Courtesy of David McCarthy

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Image of the wires found in a headphone cable. Student image courtesy of Yve Lepkowski.

Courtesy of Craig Queenan

Taken by Quanta 3D microscope

This is an image of a coriander seed. It is a 50/50 mix of BSE/LFD colourised and mixed using FEI XT software. Imaged in low vacuum mode,

Courtesy of Mr. Dylan Goudie , Memorial University of Newfoundland

Taken by MLA microscope

This image shows a solidified droplet of iron sitting atop an alumina substrate. This was the result of a study into the co-siterability of these two materials in efforts to improve their wetting characteristics. The textured surface of the droplet is believed to be to result of very fine grain growth of the metal during its rapid cooling.

Courtesy of Mr. Ezra Feilden , Imperial College London

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Knot human hair

Courtesy of Frans Holthuysen

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

3 Slice Surface 3 - VolumeScope

Taken by VolumeScope microscope

Free-standing platinum-carbon FEBID-structure with central pillar

Courtesy of Mr. Robert Winkler , Graz, centre for electron microscopy

Taken by DualBeam microscope

Galvanized steel Product: Scios DualBeam

Taken by Scios microscope

Coralline Algae

Courtesy of John Perry

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

The image shows a crystal growth of Sn-Cu oxides, such crystals have a pyramidal form

Courtesy of NAYELY PINEDA

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

Sulfur deposition on copper substrate

Courtesy of Dr. Marios Katsiotis , The Petroleum Institute

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Rapid thermal annealed Si3N4 isolator layer, anneling temperature was 300 K to high, approx. 1700K, the layer showed thus "Mayan" structure, and in second picture the surface shows this "dinosaur" structure

Courtesy of Lothar Spiess

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Cross section of a flexible polyimide substrate used for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film based solar cells.

Courtesy of Eberhardt Josue Friedrich Kernahan

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

In fact, it is iron oxide. Layer formed on the surface of a steel X70 during the corrosion test.

Courtesy of Mr. FRANCISCO RANGEL , MCTI/INT

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Corrosion product into a galvanized sheet steel after corrosion testing simulating corrosive marine environment.

Courtesy of Mr. FRANCISCO RANGEL , MCTI/INT

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Reconstitution of a membrane protein into liposomes

Courtesy of Jennifer Wingard

Taken by Tecnai microscope

Human blood cells: Monoocyte Red blood cells

Courtesy of Louisa Howard

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Taken by Scios microscope