Congratulations to the winners of the STS Elionix Scientific Image competition of Q2 2023!
The STS Elionix Scientific Image competition allows us to showcase the creative side of the researchers here at Tyndall. They share scientific images from their research which they have discovered to be visually striking or informative to the technically excellent.
The judges for the Q2 competition were Prof. William Scanlon, CEO; Peter Smyth, Commercial Director; Ursula Morrish, Marketing & Communications Manager; and Graeme Maxwell, Head of Specialty Products & Services
The exceptional quality and creativity in the three images led to the votes being cast for the following winners: Richard Fitzgerald (Cuneiform Inscription), Rupa Ranjani Palanisamy (Blue Star Gooseberries), Padman Narayanasamy (Co3O4 Blue Daisy Flowers).
The winners are each awarded a €100 Me2You Gift Card, kindly sponsored by STS Elionix.
Cuneiform Inscription
Richard Fitzgerald, Design Technology Evaluation Group
This image of autosynthesised CMOS logic from a commercial motor control IC was captured using the mosaic builder function ImageSnapper on the Tescan Amber plasma FIB.
The sample has been delayered to the gate polysilicon level shown by a combination of parallel polishing and selective etching. The image is a small part of a set of large mosaics created for the purpose of IP investigation through circuit extraction by the DTE group within the SP&S centre.
The modern pattern is reminiscent of cuneiform inscriptions.
Blue Star Gooseberries
Rupa Ranjani Palanisamy, Advanced Energy Materials, Materials Chemistry and Analysis Group (MCAG)
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For the first time, the “TRANSLATE” project at Tyndall aims to introduce TMCs as electrode materials for thermally chargeable supercapacitors (TMSs) in order to efficiently harvest and store the low-grade heat energy into electrical energy for later utilization.
The transition metal chalcogenides (TMCs) have been widely in energy storage and conversion application because of its excellent electronic conductivity and rich redox states.
The intrinsically multiple valence states, unique morphology and high redox activity of CoS Blue Star Gooseberries makes it a potential electrode candidate for TMSs.
Co3O4 Blue Daisy Flowers
Padman Narayanasamy, Advanced Energy Materials
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AS part of TRANSLATE project at Tyndall, we aim to design a Thermally Chargeable Supercapacitor: Utilizing Thermally Driven Ion Transport.
This image shows Co3O4 Blue Daisy Flowers like electrodes.
These electrodes are thermally chargeable supercapacitors that will be developed and tested for this project.