Visiting a Nano Flower Shop - Semiconductor Nanoparticles in Focus

The winning image in the category of Materials Science of the 2022 ZEISS Microscopy Image Contest is awarded to Dr. Ümit Bayram of the Central Research Facility at Abdullah Gül University, Turkey. The image depicts vanadium disulfide semiconductor nanoparticles imaged using field emission scanning electron microscopy.

These nanoparticles are of particular interest to materials scientists as they exhibit unique optoelectronic and magnetic properties due to their extremely small size (1–20 nm), high surface area, and quantum size effects. They have interesting applications in a wide array of areas such as LEDs, diodes, transistors, lasers, solar cells, medical imaging and quantum computing.

For the second year in a row, ZEISS celebrates the work of researchers using microscopy in various application fields with the ZEISS Microscopy Image Contest. ZEISS users from all around the globe submitted almost 1,000 fascinating entries.  The 2022 ZEISS Microscopy Image Contest was open from April 1 to May 15.  
A selection of the images will be included in the ZEISS Microscopy Calendar 2023.