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Label Chemistry is Fire Artist Drake Beery Description Close up image of a pure compound that is used to create a photomechanical polymer that when exposed to ultra-violet light will cause the polymer films to bend with directional control based on the polarization of the incident light. These materials are typically used in a variety…

Label Eyeball Artist Jiaqi Chen Description What is in the photo? A red eyeball! It is actually a by-product after a column. Save “useless” product sometimes. Maybe it will be a miracle in the future, like becoming an eyeball! In Hanson research group, we will design and synthesis light absorbing and emitting molecules. Making molecules…

Label The Swope Telescope and Earth’s Shadow Artist Jing Lu Description This is a photograph of the Swope Telescope located in Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. It was taken during one of the observation night back in June 2017. Swope is a 1-meter telescope which was the first telescope located the optical source of the gravitational…

Label Bottled Lightning Artist Angel Chu, co-artist Nikolas Dos Santos Description The picture shows well defined crystals of 4,4′-((1E,1’E)-(4,6-dimethyl-1,3-phenylene)bis(ethene-2,1-diyl))bis(methylbenzene) under 310nm light. these crystals direct light through its center towards its edges like fiber optics. this structure will be used to form a substituted pyrene containing its substitutions in positions that are very scarce of…

Label Chemistry is ~cool~ Artist Ashley Arcidiacono Description Chemistry is cool… quite literally in this image! Here, you see a cryogenic cuvette with a fluorescent sample placed inside. With the help of this cuvette and a cryostat, we are able to monitor complex light-matter phenomenon at temperatures as low as 77 K. Using temperature dependent…

Label Bio-cultural Symmetry Artist Benjamin Stewart Description Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory and symmetrical archaeology are underlying principles and theoretical framework that looks at the arrangements of symmetrical relationships of human behaviors such as past and present, people and place, individuals and society, biology and culture in various systems. It is a way to view how…

Label Polyelectrolyte Spider Web Artist Sandrine Lteif Description The polymer was synthesized, dissolved in water and deposited on a silicon wafer. The result was an interesting pattern on the surface. This strong positively charged polymer can be used to form thin films. These multilayers have a wide range of applications ranging from electronics to biosensors…

Label Watched Over By Angels Artist Bobbie Renfro Description My work broadly focuses on the effects of human activities on coral reef ecosystems. More specifically I am interested in how nutrient enrichment from mismanaged waste water and fertilizers affects the sponges that inhabit the coral reef. These grey angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus) perused the reef around…