Kumar Bishwajit's nanoparticles Image wins "EMU Image of the Month Contest"

High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) (or HREM) is an cutting edge imaging technique that allows for direct imaging of the atomic structure of any sample. This powerful tool to study properties of materials on the atomic scale, such as semiconductors, metals and nanoparticles. Kumar Bishwajit Sutradhar, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering in UNSW whos working on surface engineered cerium oxide nanoparticle for cancer treatment and his unique HR-TEM image of hyaluronic acid decorated nanoparticle cluster which looks like Australian map, wins "EMU Image of the Month contest" October 2017, organized by UNSW Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre.

Name: KUMAR BISHWAJIT SUTRADHAR

Supervisor name: Megan Lord.

Department/Faculty: Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering

Image description: This image shows the cluster of ultra-small cerium oxide nanoparticles functionalized with hyaluronic acid synthesized by a One-pot synthesis method. The most interesting phenomenon is that this particular cluster looks like the map of Australia.

Microscope/ Technique: CM200, HR-TEM

" I love the process of making any image...I always loved photography and to me, electronic microscope is nothing but a really big and complex camera capable of seeing really small objects! This award is very rewarding for all those countless hours that I spent on imaging these nanoparticles." said kumar Bishwajit.

Among huge number of submission each month, one image gets the award by voting by the EMU (Electron Microscopy Unit) staff. Your winning entry was framed and displayed in the EMU for the whole month and put onto EMU, UNSW website. The winner also received gift voucher from the UNSW book store.