AKAFUJI (Mt. Fuji in Red)

The AKAFUJI, or "Mt. Fuji in Red", is actually crystallized tungsten oxide (2/10,000 mm in size) photographed with a transmission electron microscope. The crystal was formed and developed by heating tungsten in a very low oxygen pressure. A series of steps can be observed along the slope with each step measuring about 2/10 millionths of a millimeter representing the layer of atoms. The study of crystal formation is a significant work which is one of the basic technologies for semiconductor industry but also for material sciences.

Prize winning photo at 52nd photo contest hosted by the Japanese Society of Electron Microscopy in 1996.

Condition

Instrument : Transmission Electron Microscope H-9000NAR

Magnification : × 300,000

Accelerating voltage : 300 kV

Processing Condition

Heating temperature : 1,200°C

Gas pressure : 1.0 × 10⁵ Pa

*All information related to these photographers is based on the information when the photo was taken.

*This work was presented at the "photo contest" hosted by the Japanese Society of Microscopy.

The Japanese Society of Microscopy.

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