The winners of the 2011 Images of Chemistry prizes are below. Thanks to everyone who entered and provided a fascinating and varied look into the workings of the School.
Nicola Bell: To a Keck Clip. I chose this short film as I think the keck clip is an example of how a simple idea can improve the way we do synthesis (or chemistry in general).
Sergio Gamboa-Martinez: Dewar
Alice Fayter: Smiling Samples. An image showing the individuality of different research projects; this image shows how one PhD student has drawn smiley faces on the NMR sample tubes containing their protein samples so as to make them identifiable - giving a nice relaxed edge to what is probably sometimes a stressful research project.
Matthew May: A Chemist's Outlook on Biology
Chaweewan Sapcharoenkun: Gold Salt Particles. This image is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) of a thin film of the solution of Chloroauric acid (HAuCl4) dissolved in acetonitrile. So the gold salt solution was dropped on the Si wafer and dried overnight.
Harriet Cole: Electric Avenue
Emma Moverley: Witch's Brew
Olof Johansson: Vacuum Chamber Seen Through My Eyes. To most people the stainless-steel vacuum chamber in our lab is just a piece of metal. To me, it is a wonderful piece of equipment where tiny carbon footballs get blasted apart by intense and colourful laser light. I do not have to go on far-reaching field trips in the jungle to study the wonders of nature, I can do that inside my vacuum chamber.
Steven Hunter: Structurally Committed
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