The School of Materials Science and Engineering, ZJU has held a materials microstructure exploration contest since March of 2010. This contest follows the theme of exploring the microstructure of materials and uncovering sources of fascination. It encourages the students to innovatively express and reveal the fascinating world of materials microstructure using optical or electronic microscopes. This contest's goal is to improve the artistic tastes of any student majoring in science or engineering, including their art percipient, skills to express and ability to annotate the humanistic spirit, and enrich their humanistic connotations by the means of combining science with the arts while innovating fascinating works.
In 10th Microstructure Contest, many students beautify these microstructures of their materials into some animals – butterfly, whale, to name a few.
Whale Drop – Composite Doped Cobalt Hydroxide
by XING Chaowei
The flakes of electrodeposited cobalt hydroxide are superimposed on each other and complement each other. The whale falls, just like the tide turning over the river, and a new journey beginning.
Chuang Chou Dreaming a Butterfly – Zr-doped Calcium Titanate Photocatalytic Materials
by GAO Qiang
Calcium titanate crystals are grown under hydrothermal conditions, and when zirconium is mixed in, it promotes the growth of calcium titanate branch crystals, and when the small single crystals are stacked one by one, a dancing butterfly is formed.
Marine Treasures Coral Reefs – Hexadecylamine@TiO2 Composite Phase Change Energy Storage Material
by LIN Zhengmeng
This work through a simple color change and color partitioning to get a colorful coral reef, but is a reflection of the experience of every researcher!
