![Polymer Bike](http://art-csep.cnsi.ucsb.edu/sites/art-csep.cnsi.ucsb.edu/files/styles/large/public/gallery/christianpester_nanoartography-2.jpg?itok=b_41I83-)
Polymer Bike
Year:
2017Ranking:
EntrantArtist:
Christian Pester (Postdoc)Department:
Materials Research Laboratory (MRL)Lab:
Hawker LabDescription
This optical micrograph shows reproduction of a photograph. Photomasks, light-mediated chemistry, and an array of lenses allow fabrication of these complex polymer patterns on silicon oxide surfaces. Polymers grow where photons strike the substrate, resulting in optical contrast.