Surface of a mesoporous silica SBA-15 sample imaged at very high magnification, using 1keV landing energy and very low dose (3pA) for minimum charging and beam damage. Product: Verios SEM

Taken by Verios XHR SEM microscope

Nano Wires

Courtesy of Frans Holthuysen

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

Free-standing platinum-carbon FEBID-structure

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

Taken by DualBeam microscope

SEM top view of a Platinum oxide film deposited by atomic layer deposition. PtO2 transforms locally to metallic Platinum. The Pt-area extends each cycle of the ALD process concentrically.

Courtesy of Adrie Mackus

Taken by DualBeam microscope

FE-SEM image of carbon tape.

Courtesy of Kannan .D

Taken by Quanta 3D microscope

Crystalline Ni Fragments DF-STEM image revealing high contrast crystalline Ni fragments in Boron nanowire. Product: Talos TEM

Taken by Talos microscope

TSV Crossection 03, Helios G4 PFIB

Taken by Helios G4 PFIB CXe microscope

ZnO-Nanostructures grown through each other.

Courtesy of Peter Heß

Taken by Nova NanoSEM 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

Taken by Explorer 4 Additive microscope

Calcium carbonate precipitated from solutions of ammonium carbonate and calcium acetate showing botryoidal agglomerates of vaterite nanoparticles self assembling into rhombs of calcite.

Courtesy of Robert Moser

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

Aerators should be regularly kept cleaned or replaced. The mesh in the aerator can collect lead debris, and then leach this toxic metal into the water passing through it. Aerators cap the ends of most drinking-water faucets. In some cases, they’re used to conserve water by reducing a faucet’s maximum flow rate; in others their primary function is to concentrate the flow of water so that it delivers more pressure and cleaning power. But these little metal cages also collect debris. Including lead. And unless you’re regularly cleaning out those aerators, you might be developing a toxic mini gravel field through which your drinking water must pass before reaching your glass or coffee pot. Indeed, one lead poisoning case in North Carolina involved a child (see link below): www.dcwater.com/waterquality/faqs.cfm

Courtesy of Mr. FRANCISCO RANGEL , MCTI/INT

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Water drops over a "Nelumbo" leaf.

Courtesy of Patricia B. Bozzano

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Torilis arvensis is commonly known as Spreading Hedge Parsley. The plants grow up to 3 feet in height with tiny flowers clustered in small flat-topped umbels. T. arvensis fruit (schizocarp) measure 4-6mm and usually hold 2-4 individual seeds (mericarps). The schizocarp is covered with velco-like appendages which attach to clothing and fur allowing them to hitch a ride to new terrain.  This sample was air dried, mounted onto an aluminum stub and sputter coated with gold.  It was viewed on a Philips XL30 TMP SEM at 20 kV in the EM Lab of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UCDavis. The image was colorized using Adobe PhotoShop Elements 2.0 software. The image shows one of the seeds within the schizocarp and affords a better appreciation for their cunning hitch-hiking techniques. Note the various velco-like appendages. The more "thorny" limbs (tan) are found on the schizocarp while the blunt appendages are part of the mericarp. Pollen (yellow) can be seen on the flower surfaces (pink).

Courtesy of Pat Kysar

Taken by SEM microscope

Moss bags used in the environmental biomonitoring of trace metals from atmospheric deposition.

Courtesy of Kinulpe Honorato-Sampaio

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Strontium atoms diffuse into a TiO2 twin boundary

Courtesy of Dr. Andriy Lotnyk , IOM Leipzig

Taken by Krios microscope

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

Courtesy of Ottawa Nicole

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Taken by DualBeam microscope

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Corrosion product into a galvanized sheet steel after corrosion testing simulating corrosive marine environment. Zinc corrosion products include oxide, hydroxides, carbonates and other salts.

Courtesy of Mr. FRANCISCO RANGEL , MCTI/INT

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

The image represents a fracture into a leaf from a decorative plant. It was made using the GSED detector, in SE mode, at a 10kV, spot 4.

Courtesy of Dr. Berbecaru Andrei , UPB-ECOMET

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

High resolution STEM image from a grain boundary in gold at the atomic level, imaged on an FEI Titan STEM 80-300.

Taken by Krios microscope

hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanorods - "nano pencils"

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

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

HR-TEM image showing crystalline lattice of B shell and Ni nanocrystal. Product: Talos TEM

Taken by Talos microscope

Utricularia Aurea Seed

Courtesy of Azizi Abd. Jalil

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope