Micrograph Award winners

Micrograph Award 2022

Winner Applications 2022

SEM Image of a 3D Surface in a multiple Material Stack by Grayscale Lithography

'3D Surface in a multiple Material Stack by Grayscale Lithography'
Raphael Dawant, Univsersité de Sherbrooke, Canada
Reference collaborators: Dominique Drouin, Serge Ecoffey

SEM Image of a Optomechanical Crystal Nanobeam Cavities in Single Crystal Diamond

'Optomechanical Crystal Nanobeam Cavities in Single Crystal Diamond'
Elham Zohari, University of Alberta, Canada

'Capillary-assisted Particle Assembly of plasmonic Nanoantennas'
Benoit Desbiolles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Honorable Mention 2022

SEM image showing an HSQ Mask of a Sidewall Bragg Grating

'HSQ Mask of a Sidewall Bragg Grating'
Eugenio Di Gaetano, University of Glasgow, UK
Reference collaborators: Douglas Paul, Marc Sorel

SEM image showing Current-Constriction Engineering for analogue Gravity Experiments with Magnons

'Current-Constriction Engineering for analogue Gravity Experiments with Magnons'
Lorenzo Gnoatto, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

SEM image showing Hyperuniform Wall Network for Light Trapping in ultrathin Silicon

'Hyperuniform Wall Network for Light Trapping in ultrathin Silicon'
Alexander Lambertz, AMOLF / UvA Amsterdam
Reference collaborators: Nasim Tavakoli, Marian Florescu, Esther Alarcon-Llado

'Deep Silicon Nitride Etching of Optomechanical Torque Sensor using Aluminum Hard Mask'
Matt Rudd, University of Alberta, Canada
Reference collaborators: Dr. John Davis, Dr. Paul Kim, Scott Agnew

Art Award 2022

SEM Image showing Multiple Quantum Well Nanopillars on n-GaN substrate

'Multiple Quantum Well Nanopillars on n-GaN substrate'
Navneet Kumar Thakur, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Micrograph Award 2021

Winner Applications 2021

1st place
'Chaotic Holographic Lens'
Vijayakumar Anand, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

SEM image of a Full Electrostatic Control of Nanomechanical Buckling Device

2nd place
'Full Electrostatic Control of Nanomechanical Buckling Device'
Cenk Yanik, Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center, Turkey

SEM image of fluorescent 2D semiconductor nanoplatelets

3rd place
'Fluorescent 2D semiconductor nanoplatelets'
Mahdi Samadi Khoshkhoo, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Honorable Mention 2021

SEM image of a Cross-bar Photonic crystal cavity

'Cross-bar Photonic crystal cavity with HSQ cladding on top of excitation and read-out grating coupler channels'
Anna Ovvyan, University of Münster, Germany

SEM image showing High-Mobility Free-Standing InSb Nanoflags Grown on InP Nanowire Stems for Quantum Devices

'High-Mobility Free-Standing InSb Nanoflags grown on InP Nanowire Stems for Quantum Devices'
Isha Verma, NEST - National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology, Italy

SEM image of a Charge carrier separation in InAs/InP/GaAsSb core-dualshell based multifunctional device

'Charge carrier separation in InAs/InP/GaAsSb core-dualshell based multifunctional device'
Sedighe Salimian, NEST - National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology, Italy

SEM image of a doubly-clamped beam NEMS device

'Doubly-clamped beam NEMS device'
Batuhan Emre Kaynak, Bilkent University,Turkey

SEM image of a All-dielectric Metasurface

'All-dielectric Metasurfaces'
Giulia Prone, IBM Research Zurich, Switzerland

Picture showing a blazed grating for augmented reality applications

'Blazed gratings for augmented reality application'
Marie-Aline Mattelin, Ghent University, Belgium

'Fluxonium-based Simulator'
Ilya Rodionov, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia

SEM image showing Freeform geometries in a MEMS accelerometer with a mechanical motion preamplifier based on a genetic algorithm

'Freeform geometries in a MEMS accelerometer with a mechanical motion preamplifier based on a genetic algorithm'
Chen Wang, KU University, Belgium

Micrograph Award 2021 - Special Edition

Winner Applications 2021 - Special Edition

1st place
'Chaotic Holographic Lens'
Vijayakumar Anand, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

2nd place
'Full Electrostatic Control of Nanomechanical Buckling Device'
Cenk Yanik, Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center, Turkey

'Fluxonium-based Simulator'
Ilya Rodionov, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia

Honorable Mention 2021 - Special Edition

'Cross-bar Photonic crystal cavity with HSQ cladding on top of excitation and read-out grating coupler channels'
Anna Ovvyan, University of Münster, Germany

'High-Mobility Free-Standing InSb Nanoflags grown on InP Nanowire Stems for Quantum Devices'
Isha Verma, NEST - National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology, Italy

'Charge carrier separation in InAs/InP/GaAsSb core-dualshell based multifunctional device'
Sedighe Salimian, NEST - National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology, Italy

'Doubly-clamped beam NEMS device'
Batuhan Emre Kaynak, Bilkent University,Turkey

'All-dielectric Metasurfaces'
Giulia Prone, IBM Research Zurich, Switzerland

SEM image showing the growth of InP nanowires via selective area epitaxy for single photon emission

'Growth of InP nanowires via selective area epitaxy for single photon emission'
Isha Verma, NEST - National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology, Italy

'Blazed gratings for augmented reality application'
Marie-Aline Mattelin, Ghent University, Belgium

Micrograph Award 2019

Winner Applications 2019

1st place
'Double-side membrane patterning in a single exposure'
Sergey Gorelick, Monash University, Australia

SEM image of a waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detector device

2nd place
'Waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detector device'
Martin Wolff, University of Münster, Germany

SEM image of a superconducting quantum interference proximity transisto

3rd place
'Superconducting quantum interference proximity transistor with multi tunnel junctions'
Nadia Ligato, NEST CNR-Nano, Italy

Special Art Award 2019

'Fall from grace'
Alex Drayton / University of York, United Kingdom

SEM image of two self-rolling beam tubes

'Self-rolling beam tubes'
Rui Pinto / INESC MN, Portugal

'Individual plasmonic helix for probing light chirality'
Roland Salut (collaborators:Mengjia Wang, Miguel Angel Suarez, Huihui Lu, Nicolas Martin, Thierry Grosjean) / FEMTO-ST Institute, France

'Single-crystal diamond optomechanical cavities'
Matthew Mitchell / University of Calgary, Canada

Micrograph Award 2018

Winner Applications 2018

SEM image of a broadband-tunable double disk electro-optomechanical system

1st place
'Broadband-tunable double disk electro-optomechanical system with integrated gold electrodes'
Christiaan Bekker, University of Queensland, Australia

SEM image of buried Split-Gate-Defined Graphene Quantum Point Contacts

2n place
'Buried Split-Gate-Defined Graphene Quantum Point Contacts'
Sedighe Salimian, Laboratorio NEST, Italy

SEM image showing silicon nanowires promoting anti-bacterial behaviour'

3rd place
'Silicon nanowires promoting anti-bacterial behaviour'
Denver Linklater, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

3rd place
'Dynamic plasmonic pixel color generation by reversable H-loading'
Xiaoyang Duan, Heidelberg University, Germany

Special Art Award 2018

SEM image showing a lift-off process for plasmonic studies

'Au lift-off process for plasmonic studies'
Ana Conde-Rubio / University of Barcelona, Spain

'Enhanced light-trapping in scalloping silicon nanopillars'
Jordi Llobet (collaborators: Mariana Antunes, Helder Fonseca, Carlos Calaza, João Gaspar (INL - Portugal) and Gil Shalev (BGU - Israel)) / International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

SEM image of a christmas greeting done with sketch&peel

'Sketch & Peel christmas greetings'
Thomas Loeber / TU Kaiserslautern, Germany

SEM image showing studies for nanowire-based thermoelectric generators

'A step towards nanowire-based thermoelectric generators'
Daniel Vakulov / Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Micrograph Award 2017

Winner Applications 2017

SEM image of a magneto-optomechanical torque sensor

1st place
'Actuation and damping of a magneto-optomechanical torque sensor'
Paul H. Kim, University of Alberta, Canada

SEM image showing shadow-grown superconducting islands on InSb nanowire

2nd place
'Shadow-grown superconducting islands on InSb nanowires'
Sasa Gazibegovic, Delft University of Technology (collaborator Roy Op het Veld, Eindhoven University of Technology), Netherlands

SEM image showing a pair of single-photon nodes in an integrated circuit

3rd place
'A pair of single-photon nodes in an integrated circuit'
Maurangelo Petruzzella, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Special Art Award 2017

'Beer glass with bubbles (tapered pillar)'
Ripon Dey / University of Waterloo, Canada

EM image of free-standing InSb Nanoflakes

'Free-standing InSb Nanoflakes'
Ghada Badawy / Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

SEM image of free-standing crystalline oxide nano-resonators

'Free-standing crystalline oxide nano-resonators'
Georg Schmidt (collaborators: Philip Trempler, Frank Heyroth) / Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Micrograph Award 2016

Winner Applications 2016

SEM image showing a photonic crystal nanobeam laser structure

1st place
'Photonic crystal nanobeam laser structure'
Aura Higuera Rodriguez, Eindhoven university of Technology, Netherlands

SEM image of an optically gated electronic switch

2nd place
'Ultrafast optically gated electronic switch'
Tobias Rybka (collaborator Markus Ludwig), University of Konstanz, Germany

SEM image of a single quantum dot inside an H1 photonic crystal cavity

3rd place
'Single quantum dot inside an H1 photonic crystal cavity'
Magdalena Schatzl, Johannes Keppler University, Austria

Special Art Award 2016

'Photonic sieve'
Yiqin Chen / Hunan University, China

'Nanocone Quadramer'
Manohar Chirumamilla (collaborators Prof. Kjeld Pedersen and Prof. Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi)/ Aalborg University, Denmark

'GaN covered Ga cream cone with self-organized fullerene-like surface symmetries'
Bernd Haehnlein / Technical University Ilmenau, Germany

SEM image of an EBL structure looking like a Roman NanoCity

'Roman NanoCity'
Joan Vila Comamala (collaborators Vitaliy Guzenko and Sergey Gorelick) / ETH Zuerich, Switzerland

SEM image showing a single gold ball in a nanoring array

'A single gold ball in the regular donut-like nanoring array'
Mengjie Zheng / Hunan University, China

Micrograph Award 2015

Winner Applications 2015

SEM image of a Photonic CNOT quantum gate

1st place
'Photonic CNOT quantum gate
Menno Poot, Yale University, USA

SEM image of a silicon nitride suspended membrane

2nd place
'Silicon nitride suspended membrane'
Alessandro Pitanti, NEST - CNR, Italy

3rd place
'Ring of Plasmonics'
Thomas Loeber, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany (coauthor: Laegel)

SEM image showing 2D crystal of artificial gold nanoparticles with quasi-3D shape control

4th place
'2D crystal of artificial gold nanoparticles with quasi-3D shape control'
Vitaliy Guzenko, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

Special Art Award 2015

'Atom Sieve'
Martin Greve / University of Bergen, Norway

'Old Pond'
Nedyalka Panova / Tyndall National Institute, Ireland

SEM image of an EBL structure based on CVD MoS2

'Beauty of EBL based on CVD MoS2'
Enze Zhang / Fudan University, China

'3D Honeycomb Boxes'
Zhiqin Li / Hunan University / National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China

SEM image showing plasmonic Magic nano wands for field enhancement

'Plasmonic Magic nano wands for field enhancement'
Manohar Chirumamilla / Italian Institute of Technology/Aalborg University, Italy/Denmark

SEM image showing a test for a MEMS tunable photonic ring resonator

'The beast awakens' (Test for a MEMS tunable photonic ring resonator for wavelength band selection in optical communication)
Carlos Errando-Herranz / KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Micrograph Award 2022

Winner Applications 2022

Honorable Mention 2022

Art Award 2022

Micrograph Award 2021

Winner Applications 2021

Honorable Mention 2021

Micrograph Award 2021 - Special Edition

Winner Applications 2021 - Special Edition

Honorable Mention 2021 - Special Edition

Micrograph Award 2019

Winner Applications 2019

Special Art Award 2019

Micrograph Award 2018

Winner Applications 2018

Special Art Award 2018

Micrograph Award 2017

Winner Applications 2017

Special Art Award 2017

Micrograph Award 2016

Winner Applications 2016

Special Art Award 2016

Micrograph Award 2015

Winner Applications 2015

Special Art Award 2015

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