For 30 years now, Nikon has run its Small World Photomicrography Contest, reserved to photographs using light microscopes. In "The accidental artist," the MIT writes that one of its Ph.D. candidate is the winner of the 2004 edition. Seth Coe-Sullivan "is studying the uses of light emission from the quantum dots in devices such as light bulbs and cell phones." And the quantum dot nanocrystals he filmed showed such elaborate patterns that some of his colleagues suggested him to enter the contest. Not only he won, but his work will be part of an itinerant exhibit in galleries throughout the U.S. in 2005. Read more...
Below is a selection of the winning pictures of the 2004 contest.
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Here is the winning picture of the quantum dot nanocrystals deposited on a silicon substrate (200x) (Credit: Seth Coe-Sullivan, MIT). |
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The third prize went to this picture of differentiating neuronal cells (actin, microtubules and DNA) (1000x) (Credit: Dr. Torsten Wittmann,The Scripps Research Institute). |
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The seventh place was awarded to this photo of a 25-days old turbot larva (6x) (Credit: Tora Bardal, Norwegian University of Science and Technology). |
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And the tenth place was attributed to another larva, a brittle star larva, living specimen (100x) (Credit: Wim van Egmond, Micropolitan Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands). |
Fascinating pictures, isn't?
Some of the winning pictures will also be included in the Nikon's 2005 Small World Calendar. And here is a link to the twenty Nikon's Small World Photomicrography 2004 Contest Winners.
Sources: MIT News Office, October 15, 2004; and various websites
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