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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
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
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
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
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
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.
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