2006 Photomicrography Competition

Transverse section of floral bud of a Ranunculus acris (meadow buttercup)

Dr. Stephen S. Nagy

Affiliation
Montana Diatoms
Helena, Montana, USA
Technique
Brightfield, digitally reversed
Magnification
23.625x

Water on the lid of a Petri dish

Kevin Mackenzie

Affiliation
University of Aberdeen
EM and Imaging Facility, Institute of Medical Sciences
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Technique

Transmitted Light

Magnification
20x

Ferroelectric liquid crystal domains nucleating from isotropic liquid of P10PIMB (known as bent-core liquid crystal material)

Dr. Michi Nakata

Affiliation
University of Colorado Boulder
Department of Physics
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Technique
Polarized light
Magnification
120x