The 2006 competition

Here you find the winning photographs of the 2006 "Images of Research" competition in the categories "Fascination of Research", "Faces of Research", the winner of the audience prize and the shortlist, a selection of the best photos submitted in 2006. To view a larger version of the photographs, please click on the picture in question.


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Category "Faces of Research":

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Category "Additional nominations":

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Nicole Ottawa, Fotografin
Oliver Meckes, Fotograf

Barium chloride and sodium form crystals. If polyacrylic acid is added to the solution, organic-looking shapes made from very fine fibers are formed. After a few days, these "biominerals" have grown in their bizarre forms - shown here with the scanning electron microscope. These processes are called "programmed self-organization". Especially materials researchers worldwide are trying to better understand this phenomenon for future applications.

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