Art of Science

Scanning and transmission electron microscopy of strange and beautiful nanostructures.

Nanostructured metallic pillars

Field of metal/metallic glass nanopillars made by electroplating into an e-beam lithographed template

Nano-mushroom Circus Act - Precariously balanced platinum nano-mushrooms with 100 nm wide stalks. Winner of the Caltech Art of Science competition 2013.

Copper-Nickel Nanotree - Metallic nanostructure formed from a copper-nickel alloy. Branches of the “tree” are about 3 microns in width.

Architected Nano-lattices

Sideshow Bob in the Nanoworld - Copper nano-lattice with wild fractal-like hair. Base of the structure is 25 microns in width. Colorized scanning electron microscope image. Finalist in the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting art contest.

Architected Nanocrystal Superlattices

Self-assembled polystyrene (light color) + Au (dark spheres) superlattices with periodicity of 10 nm

Disordered superlattice

Wrinkled superlattice