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2024, June
Now accepting submissions for June contest. Deadline for submission is Monday, July 1, 2024, at midnight. Rules for submission.
2024, May
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Honeycomb
Buse Ünlü, LAPD
“The bees of CMi are working with great dedication and passion, meticulously constructing their adorable honeycombs.” This structure is printed spot-by-spot and layer-by-layer through the 2-photon polymerization by our custom-built 2-photon 3D printer.
2024, April
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Abandoned Fortress
Jongeon Park, LMIS1
After exploration in the micro world, an abandoned fortress was discovered in the middle of the lake by a microengineer. The fortress is composed of CaO and the lake is composed of PVA.
2024, March
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Polymer mini-mallows
Mehdi Ali Gadiri, Junsun Hwang, MICROBS
In a delightful twist, mini-marshmallows, skewered on a slender polymer rod, rotate slowly over a flame that flickers to life on the left — a minuscule oven toasting them to a scrumptious golden-brown as they revolve in a dance of heat and sweetness.
2024, February
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For You a (Micro)Rose
Shelly Ben-David, LMSC
February is the month of love, and for you, CMi, I want to give a µ-rose. This is a beautiful mistake that resulted from contamination on my DP650-sputtered germanium tin thin film. Thank you to CMi for all that you do!
2024, January
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Solid state tide
Peter Warnicke, LSPR
There are rough waves in the silicon canal today. Better to navigate with caution. A thin silicon nitride membrane supported by a silicon frame forms corrugations that, when viewed with an optical microscope, look like periodic waves.
2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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