In November NT-MDT Co. received 66 interesting scans from all over the
world! And according to the open on-line voting the November winnerwas Mr.
Sergey Kitan with the AFM-image "Lady spirit".
Sergey Kitan graduated from the physicotechnical faculty of Far Eastern
National University in 2003 specializing in "Microelectronics and
semiconductors".
Now Sergey researches atomic processes of metal-semiconductor nanostructures
based on metals, silicides and Si. His scientific interests are oriented to the
research of electronic, optical and morphological characteristics of transition
metals on Si thin-film nanophases by spectroscopy and SPM methods. The
laboratory of the University equipped with NTEGRA Spectra and SOLVER P47.
The top-10 best AFM-scans for November are presented below:
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Mr. Sergey Kitan with the scan «Lady spirit»
Organization: The Institute of Automation and Control
Processes, Russia
Scan size: 10x10 um
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Dr. Konstantin Bulakh with the scan «Under water»
Organization: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technologies,
Russia
Scan size: 20x20 um
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Ms. Clare Harvey with the scan «Unexpected Snow»
Organization:Utrecht University, Holland
Scan size: 20x20 um
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Ms. Iuliana Stoica with the scan «Polyazomethine nanoparticles»
Organization: "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular
Chemistry, Romania
Scan size: 2x2 um
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Dr. Yun Gao and Jingbi You with the scan «Sea Flower»
Organization: Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China
Scan size: 2x2 um
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Ms. Alexandra Sertsova with the scan «Nanofibers»
Organization: Moscow State Textile University 'A.N. Kosygin',
Russia
Scan size: 13x13 um
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Ms. Liliana Laura Badita with the scan «Romanian Carpathians»
Organization: National Institute of Research and Development in
Mechatronics and Measurement Technique, Romania
Scan size: 1x1 um
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| 8 |
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Mr. Sergey Kitan with the scan «Entropy»
Organization: The Institute of Automation and Control Processes,
Russia
Scan size: 1x1 um
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Dr. Konstantin Bulakh with the scan «Snowflake»
Organization: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technologies
Scan size: 12x7.5 um
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Mr. Alexey Kirillov with the scan «Starry sky»
Organization: Far Eastern Federal University, Russia
Scan size: 9x9 um
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As a result NT-MDT Co. has compiled the TOP-40 best SPM-images. The final
TOP-40 will be judged by an international Jury. All the scans will be judged on
the basis of scientific quality, originality, imagination, visual impact and
will be estimated using a five-grade scale.
The authors of the best images selected by the Jury will receive the prizes
as follows:
- First prize - USD 2500
- Second prize- USD 1500
- Third prize - USD 1000