The base surface in this picture is made of highly aligned, dense zinc oxide nanorods, which were grown inside a tube furnace system by oxidizing zinc foil at temperature of 500-600 Celsius degree. The higher, complex structures are also made from zinc oxide, which were grown from by absorbing the reactants from the vapor.
Concept for Image by UGA Fine Art Associate Professor Michael Oliveri FEI scans taken and assembled by Michael Oliveri
Nano structures created by , UGA Physics and Engineering Assistant Professor Dr. Zhengwei Pan, along with his Post-Doctoral research associates Dr. Zhanjun Gu and Dr. Feng Liu.