Gizmodo
Sunflowers? Nope. Actually, they're silicon oxide nanowires grown in gallium and gold catalysts — and they're only several microns in length. The photo, by Chinese University of Hong Kong professor S.K. Hark, is part of the Materials Research Society's semi-annual celebration of the most artistic and eye catching images found during the study of nanomaterials. Some choice picks after the jump.
Zinc oxide nanoneedles, colorized to resemble a traditional Chinese mountain painting.
Potassium niobium oxide deposited onto a silicon surface and photographed through an optical microscope.
Check out Wired for the rest of the pictures. [Wired]
Comments
That 3rd pic vaguely reminds me of the growth on my... oh shit, this isn't webMD!
Those sure as hell look like sunflowers..
I think 1st image is "colorized" like the second.
Optical is noice on the 3rd image but it would have looked less like magnetized metal particles if they used a stronger microscope.
This just reaffirms my belief that there's a small little world out there with small little people. Should i quote Dr. Sues?
Because someone is eventually going to start a chinese flame war, here's your preemptive strike: It isn't chinese, it's from Hong Kong, a very western city.
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Why would they start a Chinese flame war over this?
I have seen most tech forums on the internet. I know.
Can I get one of these at Wally World?
@Uber_lompocus: Well, Gizmodo is way diffrent from the. no flame war see?
@Amiash: it's because I already killed the unborn flamewar! XD
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