A cracked grain of corn showing the starch within the cells.

Courtesy of Ottawa Nicole

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Zinc oxide

Courtesy of Laura Schlimgen

Taken by XL SEM microscope

Hydroxyapatite is a form of calcium phosphate that has a large number of applications such as bone implants, and drug delivery systems. For each application, the use of calcium based materials is optimized by specifying their geometry, dimension, density, pore size, mechanical strength, purity, and chemical phase.

Courtesy of Mr. FRANCISCO RANGEL , MCTI/INT

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Household incandescent lamps use Tungsten filament because of their electrical and mechanical properties. Tungsten has strength, ductility and workability, tungsten can readily be formed into the filament coils use in bulbs.

Courtesy of Gerald Poirier

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Very small idiomorphic kaolinite crystals on spheroidal quartz particles

Courtesy of Frank Friedrich

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Direct automated patterning of a 1mm microfluidic device into silicon. Product: Helios NanoLab DualBeam

Taken by Helios NanoLab microscope

HRTEM image of Si dubbells performed in the TecnaiST20 (LaB6)

Courtesy of Mr. Erico Freitas , Centro de Microscopia/Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Taken by Tecnai microscope

A close-up view of the lower portion of the TSV array shows partial voids in the copper fill. Access to these defects is uniquely afforded by FIB technology.

Courtesy of Fraunhofer-Munich

Taken by Vion Plasma microscope

Sulfur-rich crystal formations deposited on the RJ Lee Group Passive Aerosol Sampler. Collected at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Courtesy of Ashley Moore

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

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

Side view of the apical third of the root canal of a maxillary lateral incisor with necrotic pulp and chronic periapical lesion adhered to the tooth structure.

Courtesy of Ms. Thaís Silva , Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Human Hair details

Courtesy of Mr. Wadah Mahmoud , The University of Jordan

Taken by Inspect microscope

hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanorods - "nano pencils"

Courtesy of Dr. Cornel Munteanu , Institute of Physical Chemistry Ilie Murgulescu

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Au islands grown on MoS2

Courtesy of Dr. Benedykt R. Jany , Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics Jagiellonian University Krakow

Taken by Quanta 3D microscope

Photovoltaic cell silicon-silver junction, 40 degree tilt

Courtesy of Alyssa Calabro

Taken by Quanta 3D microscope

Conidia (spores) of Penicillium sp., an ubiquitous soil fungus that lives mainly on organic biodegradable substances in the plant root systems.

Courtesy of Alice Dohnalkova

Taken by Helios NanoLab microscope

Different steeps in the formation of nanoparticles ZnMnO, these nanoparticles are able to trap air pollutants

Courtesy of Dr. Irma Estrada , Instituto Politecnico Nacional

Taken by Quanta 3D microscope

a crystal of some synthetic materials

Courtesy of Mr. Wadah Mahmoud , The University of Jordan

Taken by Inspect microscope

Efavirenz is an anti-HIV drug that reduces the amount of virus in the body. It is one of the most recent classes of anti-retroviral drugs used in the treatment of HIV infections. It is the first choice therapy for AIDS treatment.

Courtesy of Mr. FRANCISCO RANGEL , MCTI/INT

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Gold nanoparticles on an ITO surface under a layer of graphene. The structure of the ITO, which is transparent in optical microscopes, is visible in blue. The nanoparticles are clearly visible through the very thin layer of graphene. Sample prepared by Joanna Niedziolka-Jönsson for this article: dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4867167

Courtesy of Dr. Martin Jonsson-Niedziolka , Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

Utricularia Aurea Seed

Courtesy of Azizi Abd. Jalil

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

ROCK

Courtesy of Mr. MUHAMMET AYDIN , Namık kemal university

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Zinc Oxide.

Courtesy of Mr. FRANCISCO RANGEL , MCTI/INT

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Cryo TEM of Ebola virus with 10 nm colloidal gold

Courtesy of Daniel Beniac

Taken by Tecnai microscope

Gypsum (CaSO4•2H2O), monoclinic crystals grown on the wood (spongeous structure, in the background) of the warship "USS Monitor", sank in the Atlantic Ocean during the American Civil War.

Courtesy of Egle Conforto

Taken by Quanta 3D microscope