SCS Science Image Challenge 2016 Winners | School of Chemical Sciences

2016 SCS Science Image Challenge Winner

Elizabeth Horstman and Yifu Zhang - Ying Diao Group and Paul Kenis Group
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Feathers of Autumn

Needles, spherulites, and dendrites are observed in this image of ellipticine, a pharmaceutical used to treat cancer, grown by solution shearing on a polymer substrate. The multitude of crystal morphologies resembles the diversity in color and shape of feathers in autumn. Image coloring slightly enhanced.

Finalist

Matthew Gelber - Rohit Bhargava Group
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Freeform 3D-Printed Heart Scaffold with Gummy Bear

Macro photograph of a vascular template made of a low-calorie sugar substitute. The template is composed of 4,637 filaments, each individually "drawn" by a nozzle translated in 3D space. The template can be coated with a hydrogel then dissolved away, leaving a fully vascularized construct. Gummy bear shown for scale.

Finalist

Jinyun Liu - Paul Braun Group
Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory

Blooms on Graphene

Scanning electron microscope image of a three-dimensionally graphene-sandwiched secondary battery cathode. The fabricated cathode, consisting of an electrically conductive 4~10 layer thick graphene sheet (green color) embedded within electrochemically active vanadium pentoxide (purple color), exhibits a high electrochemical performance including high capacity and long cycling life (>2000 cycles).

Finalist

Shahar Sukenik - Gruebele Group
Department of Chemistry and the Center for Physics of the Living Cell

A Cell Under Pressure

A human osteosarcoma cell shows large deformations on its basal side, a result of rapid exposure to hyper-osmotic pressure. Actin stress fibrils labelled in green maintain the integrity of the cell, but the endoplasmic reticulum and nucleus (in red) are deformed and pushed upwards. Image taken on a Zeiss Elyra SR-SIM scope.

finalist

Adina Badea - Ralph Nuzzo Group
Department of Chemistry

Contact Guidance of Neuronal Network Through Chemistry

Confocal fluorescence micrograph of primary dorsal root ganglion cells cultured on a Silicon 3D scaffold (inset: light micrograph) coated with a custom cell-adhesive protein. The neurons (red) and supporting glial cells (green) form complex intertwining networks with increased time in culture that abide by the geometric cues of the scaffold.