Crystals in Art Competition 2020 Winners Announced!
BACG 'Crystals in Art' Competition
Crystals in Art 2020 Competition Winners
Sunrise Swords on the Frozen Lake
Entry: #4248 (1st Prize)
Contestant: Sean William Connolly
Affiliation: University of Kent
Object Imaged: Organic crystal of a Donor-Acceptor Stenhouse Adduct molecule
Conditions: Crystallised from Chloroform
Image taken with: Phone camera looking down microscope lens
Skyscrapers
Entry: #4272 (2nd Prize)
Contestant: Shiqiang Wang
Affiliation: University of Limerick
Object Imaged: A coordination polymer or metal-organic framework crystallized for 1.5 years!
Conditions: The solution was heated at around 100 degree C for 1 day and then filtered to a new vial. The vial was left still for 1.5 years.
Image taken with: Microscope; MeiTu software
Colour of Life
Entry: #4206 (3rd Prize)
Contestant: Rajshree Chakrabarti
Affiliation: University of Houston
Object Imaged: Protoporphyrin IX
Conditions: Crystallised from butanol
Image taken with: Scanning Electron Microscope
First prize: £150 & certificate
Second prize: £100 & certificate
Third prize: £50 & certificate!
All submitted entries are displayed below.
Thank you to all our participants for sending in such fabulous entries.
Crstals in Art 2020 is now closed. The next competition will take place in 2021.