Image: Carbon nanotubes, post-growth. Photo credit: Paul Marshall, National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Microstructural Sciences. Courtesy of Nikon Small World. All Rights Reserved. Permission obtained.« ...It looks like a single flower bud, but it's actually an entire quick-growth forest with tens of millions of "trees" in the cluster. You can't see them, but each tree is a single-wall carbon nanotube, roughly 3 angstroms across and 2 millimeters tall...» (Paul Marshall)Marshall won 2nd place in the 2008 Nikon Small World competition (should have garnered 1st, in my not-so-humble opinion) utilizing stereomicroscopy illumination techniques.Nikon Small World:http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/index.phpUpcoming deadline: Thursday, 30 April 2009http://www.microscopyu.com/smallworld/registration/entrypage1.aspxMicroscopy Uhttp://www.microscopyu.com/Basics in and Tutorials for:* Live-Cell Imaging* Fluorescence Microscopy* Optical Systems* Phase Contrast* DIC Microscopy* Confocal Microscopy* Stereomicroscopy* Polarized Light Microscopy* Cell Motility Video Gallery* Swept Field Video Gallery* FRET Pair Combinations* Featured Microscopists
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