The first results of the NT-MDT Calendar contest 2009

We are pleased to announce the first results of the NT-MDT Calendar contest 2009and thank the participants for attention and interesting images!

The winners:

Julia Kuznetsova (Russia)

Ekaterina Nikolaeva (Russia)

Dmitriy Bagrov (Russia)

J.B. You (China)

Ludmila Baran (Byelorussia)

Erica Iacob (Italy)

Anna Sytcheva (Hungary)

Guilherme Vierno da Silveira (Brazil)

Mikhail Shaleev (Russia)

Igor Budashov (Russia)

Elisabeth Soergel (Germany)

The scan-winners will be included in the NT-MDT Calendar 2009 and www.ntmdt.comScan-Gallery.

The senders of scan-winners will get the following prize: 5 all-days AFM probes with typical tip curvature radius 10 nm and two cantilevers on a chip (see details at http://www.ntmdt-tips.com/catalog/golden/non/products/NSG11_15.html) and 3 unique super-sharp probes with tip curvature radius only about 1 nm! (see details at http://www.ntmdt-tips.com/catalog/dlc/products/NSG01_DLC_10.html).

Author of the best image will be awarded with the super-prize from NT-MDT Co. Read about it in our news later!

Following authors will get the consolation prizes (Etalon probes set):

Luca Maccari (Italy)

Richard Nay (Hysitron, Inc., USA)

Abhilash Vincent (USA)

Bra'ulio S. Archanjo (Brazil)

Talgat Sharipov (Russia)

Y.Ivanov., A.Ognev., A.Samardak (Russia)

Ekaterina Rodyakina (Russia)

Eugeniy Shishkin (Russia)

Their images will be also included in NT-MDT Scan-Gallery.