Ocean Kelp on a Chip

Year: 
2016
Ranking: 
Honorable Mention
Artist: 
Preeti Ovartchaiyapong (Graduate Student)
Lab: 
Jayich Lab

Description

This is an image of a hardened polymer film in a nanoimprinting attempt. Interestingly, the randomly flowed polymer produced fractal patterns resembling the UCSB beach's abundant ocean kelp. What's even better? It's literally 'on a chip!', just like UCSB's world leading 'lab-on-a-chip' researches.

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