Congratulations to Vivien Hollenstein and Laura Martinez for winning the Swiss Nanoscience Institute NanoImage Award with the colorised image of polystyrene microspheres, which they synthesised during the practical training in polymers at the School of Life Sciences FHNW, organised by the nanoLab.

Microspheres

Microspheres were prepared from styrene via emulsion polymerisation by students, V. Hollenstein and L.Martinez, in the practical training in polymers at School of Life Sciences FHNW. The spheres are forming hexagonal ordered assemblies when dried on the sample holder. The image was taken with an Zeiss Supra electron microscope. The spheres are originally white, the image was coloured using Adobe Photoshop.