Art & Science

At the Boston Electron Microscopy Center (BEMC), we have a lot of passion for the connections between Art & Science or more specifically, Art & Microscopy. In our free time, we often look for fun everyday materials to imaging them with a beam of electrons! Be sure to visit this page often!

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From Flowers to Waves

By: Bill Fowle & Shirin Kaboli (August 2023)

Step 1: Pick up a flower 🙂

Step 2: Dehydrate in 100% Ethanol
Step 3: Prepare for Critical Point Drying
Step 4: Critical Point Drying
Step 5: Sputter coating to prepare for SEM
Step 6: Perform Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)