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    Plenty of Beauty at the Bottom 2020

    The NNCI Image Contest 2020

    In honor of National Nanotechnology Day, October 9th, the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) hosted our annual Plenty of Beauty at the Bottom image contest. Referencing Richard Feynman’s 1959 lecture, "There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom," this image contest celebrates the beauty of the micro and nanoscale. Images featured in this contest were produced at one of the 16 NNCI sites during the past year. Click on the categories below to see all of the images and learn about the research. 

    Most Stunning

    Most Unique Capability

    Most Whimsical

    Sites from across the NNCI contributed stunning, unique, and whimsical images of the micro and nanoscale for the 2020 image contest. The public cast over 2,500 votes to determine this year’s winners. In addition to first place, honorable mentions were also selected. First place winning artists will receive up to $1,000 in travel support to a professional conference of their choice and their NNCI site will receive a framed print of their winning image. Sites who received honorable mentions will also receive a framed print of their image.

    Read the article from the University of Pennsylvania about their winning entries.

    macroporoses

    Most Stunning - Winner
    Macroporoses
    Artist: Samuel Welborn, Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania
    NNCI Site: MANTH

    Optical Microscopy of 316 Stainless Steel Additively Manufactured

    Most Stunning - Honorable Mention
    Optical Microscopy of 316 Stainless Steel Additively Manufactured

    Artist: Kossi Loic M. Avegno, Graduate Student, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    NNCI Site: NNF

    Elegant Mosquito Fascicle

    Most Unique Capability - Winner
    Elegant Mosquito Fascicle
    Artist: Kun Luan, Post-doc, NC State University
    NNCI Site: RTNN

    Desirable Atomic Defects

    Most Unique Capability - Honorable Mention
    Desirable Atomic Defects
    Artist: Pariasadat Musavigharavi, Post-doc, University of Pennsylvania
    NNCI Site: MANTH

    A Butterfly on Rose Flowers: Bioinspired CuO Nanoflowers

    Most Whimsical - Winner
    A Butterfly on Rose Flowers: Bioinspired CuO Nanoflowers
    Artists: Gayani Pathiraja, Graduate Student and Hemali Rathnayake, Faculty, University of North Carolina at Greensboro/Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering
    NNCI Site: SENIC

    Biomineral Mountain

    Most Whimsical - Honorable Mention
    Biomineral Mountain

    Artist: Sobia Anjum, Graduate Student, Montana State University
    NNCI Site: MONT

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